Caption

Portrait of Gotard Kettler, first Duke of Courland and Semigallia 1518/1571–1587, unknown author painter, architecture, angels, three-quarter portrait, coats of arms, copy, man in costume, interior, seated figure, foreign miniature, dated 1590–1616, miniature, height 13.8 cm, width 10.1 cm, A painted rectangular panel with a large heart-shaped central motif in shades of red and orange set against a dark green patterned background, framed by a black border with small gold decorative elements; within the heart are two stylized birds with spread wings rendered in dark green and black, ornate scrolling foliage and shield-like heraldic shapes in muted greens, browns, gold, and black, and a small cherubic face with pale skin and blond hair surrounded by pale green wings and a gold halo near the bottom of the heart.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_494

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.5Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Gotard Kettler first Duke Courland Semigallia 1518 1571–1587 unknown author painter architecture angels three-quarter portrait coats arms copy man costume interior seated figure foreign miniature dated 1590–1616 miniature height 13.8 cm width 10.1 cm painted rectangular panel large heart-shaped central motif shades red orange set dark green patterned background framed black border small gold decorative elements within heart two stylized birds spread wings rendered black ornate scrolling foliage shield- heraldic shapes muted greens browns small cherubic face pale skin blond hair surrounded pale green wings gold halo near bottom heart.