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The image shows a portrait of a man identified as Alexander Ross, depicted from the waist up seated behind a desk. His arms are resting on an open book, and he holds a quill in his right hand. He has a full beard and mustache, wavy shoulder-length hair, and prominent facial features. Ross is dressed in an academic or ecclesiastical robe with a ruffled white collar. The background features a detailed library setting with shelves of books, drawn curtains, and two globes in front of his desk.
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The image shows a portrait of a man identified as Alexander Ross, depicted from the waist up seated behind a desk. His arms are resting on an open book, and he holds a quill in his right hand. He has a full beard and mustache, wavy shoulder-length hair, and prominent facial features. Ross is dressed in an academic or ecclesiastical robe with a ruffled white collar. The background features a detailed library setting with shelves of books, drawn curtains, and two globes in front of his desk.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alexander Ross, Chaplain to Charles I

Pierre Lombard

Date
published 1653
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
plate: 13.7 × 7.2 cm (5 3/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.743
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
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 41025. 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.