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The image shows a detailed engraving of a person's upper body in a half-length portrait. The person appears with their head slightly tilted downward and to the side, eyes closed. Their facial features include a detailed face with an aquiline nose and slightly parted lips, framed by curly, shoulder-length hair. The person wears a textured garment with intricate patterns on one side and a simpler fabric on the other, with a voluminous sleeve extending beyond the frame. They are illustrated resting an elbow on a surface and holding a pen. The background features an oval frame with engraved text surrounding it.
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The image shows a detailed engraving of a person's upper body in a half-length portrait. The person appears with their head slightly tilted downward and to the side, eyes closed. Their facial features include a detailed face with an aquiline nose and slightly parted lips, framed by curly, shoulder-length hair. The person wears a textured garment with intricate patterns on one side and a simpler fabric on the other, with a voluminous sleeve extending beyond the frame. They are illustrated resting an elbow on a surface and holding a pen. The background features an oval frame with engraved text surrounding it.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Aggaeus

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet

Date
published 1613
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.2 x 13.3 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.) sheet: 24.3 x 19 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1974.55.7.r
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
  • Aggaeus
Provenance

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

Inscription

lower right in plate: 18.; around oval in plate: Increpo Iudaeos Templum inftaurare morantes: AGGAEVS. Ut properent, multis Sedulus infto modis.

NGA object ID 90924. 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.