Caption

Oval portrait of King Sigismund III Vasa, after the engraving Sigismundus III Poloniae et Sueciae Rex Serenissimus et Potentissimus by Pieter Soutman and Jonas Suyderhoef. Jonas Suyderhoef ca. 1613–1686, engraver co-author of the original; Pieter Claesz. Soutman ca. 1580–1657, draughtsman co-creator of the original; Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884, draughtsman/author. Subject: Sigismund III Vasa 1566–1632 — iconography, male portrait, portrait of a ruler; copy from an engraving. Medium and support: drawing on tracing paper glued across its entire surface onto a cardboard of similar dimensions, glued onto a slightly larger cardboard, which is glued with its upper edge onto another cardboard. Date: 1830–1884. Technique/type: drawing, tracing. Dimensions: drawing/tracing height 28.1 cm, width 19.7 cm; support height 28.3 cm, width 19.7 cm; cardboard height 35.7 cm, width 25.8 cm., A sepia-toned portrait of a man shown from the chest up wearing an ornate crown and richly decorated ceremonial garment, with a well-groomed mustache and pointed beard, expressive eyes, and a high lace collar; the crown and clothing display jeweled ornamentation and patterned embroidery, and the background is a plain oval vignette in a similar brownish-beige color palette.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_477

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Available size

41.9Mb (3.0Mb) / 10.7in x 15.2in / 3211 x 4556 (300dpi)

Keywords

Oval portrait King Sigismund III Vasa engraving Sigismundus III Poloniae et Sueciae Rex Serenissimus e Pieter Soutman Jonas Suyderhoef Jonas Suyderhoef ca 1613–1686 engraver co-author original Pieter Claesz Soutman ca 1580–1657 draughtsman co-creator Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman author Subject Sigismund III Vasa 1566–1632 iconography male portrait portrait ruler copy engraving Medium support drawing tracing paper glued across entire surface cardboard dimensions slightly larger cardboard upper edge another cardboard Date 1830–1884 Technique type tracing Dimensions height 28.1 cm width 19.7 cm 28.3 cm 35.7 cm width 25.8 cm sepia-toned portrait man shown chest up wearing ornate crown richly decorated ceremonial garment well-groomed mustache pointed beard expressive eyes high lace collar crown clothing display jeweled ornamentation patterned embroidery background plain oval vignette brownish-beige color palette.