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The image shows a portrait of a man's upper body within an oval frame. The man faces slightly to the left, looking directly at the viewer. He has distinct facial features, a neatly trimmed beard, mustache, and light hair under a cap with a decorative feather-like element. He wears a detailed garment with a fur-lined high collar and buttons, and below the portrait is a Latin inscription. The background has intricate linework, and the portrait is printed on a slightly aged sheet with yellowing and creases at the edges.
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The image shows a portrait of a man's upper body within an oval frame. The man faces slightly to the left, looking directly at the viewer. He has distinct facial features, a neatly trimmed beard, mustache, and light hair under a cap with a decorative feather-like element. He wears a detailed garment with a fur-lined high collar and buttons, and below the portrait is a Latin inscription. The background has intricate linework, and the portrait is printed on a slightly aged sheet with yellowing and creases at the edges.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe

Date
published 1620
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
plate: 15 × 11.3 cm (5 7/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.1208
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Herwologia

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
Provenance

Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

NGA object ID 38846. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.