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The illustration shows a man with short hair and a beard in ornate clothing from the Renaissance or Baroque period. He wears a large ruff around his neck and is surrounded by an oval frame with inscriptions. Ornate architectural elements are above the frame, and there are additional texts at the bottom of the image.
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The illustration shows a man with short hair and a beard in ornate clothing from the Renaissance or Baroque period. He wears a large ruff around his neck and is surrounded by an oval frame with inscriptions. Ornate architectural elements are above the frame, and there are additional texts at the bottom of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Albert of Austria, Governor of the Southern Netherlands

Crispijn de Passe I

Date
1604
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 13.9 × 9.7 cm (5 1/2 × 3 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.9
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); 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, 1951.

NGA object ID 40291. 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.