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The image depicts a man named Amos. He is shown in a half-body view, facing slightly to his left. Amos is seated or in a leaning posture, holding a rod or staff in his right hand. His facial features include deep-set eyes, a prominent nose, a full beard, and mustache. He has short, wavy hair and is dressed in a cloak over a tunic with visible folds. There is an elliptical frame around him with text along the edges. The background is plain and lightly shaded, emphasizing the figure within the engraved border.
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The image depicts a man named Amos. He is shown in a half-body view, facing slightly to his left. Amos is seated or in a leaning posture, holding a rod or staff in his right hand. His facial features include deep-set eyes, a prominent nose, a full beard, and mustache. He has short, wavy hair and is dressed in a cloak over a tunic with visible folds. There is an elliptical frame around him with text along the edges. The background is plain and lightly shaded, emphasizing the figure within the engraved border.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Amos

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet

Date
published 1613
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.3 x 12.7 cm (6 13/16 x 5 in.) sheet: 24.3 x 19 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1974.55.7.k
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Icones Prophetarum Veteris Testamenti

Subjects and terms

  • religious
  • male
  • portrait
  • Flemish
  • engraving
  • Amos
Provenance

Dr. Clarence S. Brigham; Grolier Club, New York; (David Tunick Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1974.

Inscription

lower right in plate: 11.; around oval in plate: Primo equidem Paftor, factufq deinde Propheta, AMOS. In Vaccas pingues inuehor et Proceres.

Watermarks

close to Heawood 2894

NGA object ID 90917. 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.