Caption

Portrait of the praying King Sigismund I the Old; drawing on tracing paper, full surface, glued along the upper edge to cardboard; 1830–1884; draughtsman: Alexander Lesser 1814–1884; subject: Sigismund the Old King of Poland, 1467–1548 — male portrait, praying, profile composition; medium: drawing on paper mounted on cardboard; dimensions: card height 19.4 cm, width 15.7 cm; cardboard: height 35.7 cm, width 26.1 cm., An ink drawing of a robed figure kneeling on a grassy ground, wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and a patterned cap, hands held together in front of the face while holding a string of beads with a tassel; nearby on the ground is a decorative crown and a long ornate staff lying across the grass; the scene is rendered in black ink lines on a beige paper with a thin double-line rectangular border in red and black.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_460

License type

Rights managed

Available size

22.7Mb (1.4Mb) / 8.4in x 10.4in / 2533 x 3134 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait praying King Sigismund I Old drawing tracing paper full surface glued upper edge cardboard 1830–1884 draughtsman Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 subject Sigismund Old King Poland 1467–1548 male portrait praying profile composition medium paper mounted dimensions card height 19.4 cm width 15.7 cm height 35.7 cm width 26.1 cm ink drawing robed figure kneeling grassy ground wearing fur-trimmed cloak patterned cap hands held together front face holding string beads tassel nearby ground decorative crown long ornate staff lying across grass scene rendered black ink lines beige paper thin double-line rectangular border red black.