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The image features a man seated at a desk. He has a beard, mustache and medium length wavy hair. He is wearing a robe with billowing sleeves and a collar. He is holding a pen and there is an open book on the desk. The background shows detailed bookshelves filled with books and two globes on either side of him.
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The image features a man seated at a desk. He has a beard, mustache and medium length wavy hair. He is wearing a robe with billowing sleeves and a collar. He is holding a pen and there is an open book on the desk. The background shows detailed bookshelves filled with books and two globes on either side of him.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alexander, Chaplain to Charles I, Author

Pierre Lombard

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 13.4 × 6.9 cm (5 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.742
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
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 41024. 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.