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The image shows the upper body of a man in an oval frame. He has a serious expression, with curly hair adorned with a laurel wreath. The man wears a buttoned garment with a high collar, and his hands are visible with an object in them. In the background, there are parallel hatching lines for depth. Text above and below the figure, with poetic text below. There are stacks of books on either side of the man.
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The image shows the upper body of a man in an oval frame. He has a serious expression, with curly hair adorned with a laurel wreath. The man wears a buttoned garment with a high collar, and his hands are visible with an object in them. In the background, there are parallel hatching lines for depth. Text above and below the figure, with poetic text below. There are stacks of books on either side of the man.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ben Jonson

Robert Vaughan

Date
published 1630
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17.3 × 10.9 cm (6 13/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.361
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
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 40643. 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.