Caption

Portrait of King Stefan Batory, Stefan Batory King of Poland; 1533–1586 — iconography; kings; male portrait; 16th century; portrait of a ruler. Maker: Lesser, Alexander 1814–1884 draughtsman. Medium: drawing on tracing paper glued across the entire surface onto paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with the upper edge onto cardboard. Date: 1830–1884. Type: drawing, tracing. Dimensions: drawing — height 29.0 cm, width 20.6 cm; base — height 30.4 cm, width 20.6 cm; cardboard — height 35.7 cm, width 25.6 cm. Unknown place of origin., A black-and-white portrait drawing of a man shown from the waist up wearing a tall fur hat adorned with a decorative brooch and a plume, a fur-trimmed cloak over patterned clothing, and holding a long ornamental staff in one hand while the other hand rests near a cylindrical object at his waist, with visible facial hair, expressive eyes, and a solemn expression, all rendered with shading and line work on a light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_476

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.8Mb (2.4Mb) / 11.1in x 16.3in / 3343 x 4888 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait King Stefan Batory Stefan Batory King Poland 1533–1586 iconography kings male portrait 16th century portrait ruler Maker Lesser Alexander 1814–1884 draughtsman Medium drawing tracing paper glued across entire surface paper dimensions upper edge cardboard Date 1830–1884 Type tracing Dimensions height 29.0 cm width 20.6 cm base height 30.4 cm height 35.7 cm width 25.6 cm Unknown place origin black- -white man shown waist up wearing tall fur hat adorned decorative brooch plume fur-trimmed cloak patterned clothing holding long ornamental staff hand hand rests near cylindrical object waist visible facial hair expressive eyes solemn expression rendered shading line work light gray background.