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The image displays a bust of a man depicted from the chest up on a pedestal. The man has long, wavy hair reaching his shoulders with soft curls. His face is smooth with a straight nose and slightly pursed lips. He wears a draped garment fastened at the shoulder. The background features an arched niche with decorative detailing. The pedestal has an inscription with the name "ABRAHAMVS COVLEIVS Anglus."
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The image displays a bust of a man depicted from the chest up on a pedestal. The man has long, wavy hair reaching his shoulders with soft curls. His face is smooth with a straight nose and slightly pursed lips. He wears a draped garment fastened at the shoulder. The background features an arched niche with decorative detailing. The pedestal has an inscription with the name "ABRAHAMVS COVLEIVS Anglus."

National Gallery of Art · Print

Abraham Cowley

William Faithorne

Date
published 1668
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 16.2 × 10.4 cm (6 3/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.676
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
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 40958. 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.