Caption
Portrait of King Sigismund III Vasa, after an engraving by Dominicus Custos from volume I of Atrium heroicum Caesarum, regum, aliorunque Summatum ac Principium, qui intra proximum seculum vixere aut hodie supersunt Imaginibus LXII ilustratum, published in Augsburg 1600–1602; after original by Dominicus Custos post 1550–1612. Drawing on tracing paper glued across the entire surface to paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with the upper edge to cardboard. Pen/ink tracing copy; drawing dated ca. 1830–1884. Materials and support: tracing paper on paper and cardboard. Dimensions: drawing/tracing sheet height 18.8 cm, width 13.1 cm; cardboard height 35.7 cm, width 25.8 cm. Subject: Sigismund III Vasa King of Poland, 1566–1632 — male portrait, portrait of a ruler; copy after an engraving; German graphic source., A monochrome portrait of a man shown from the chest up wearing an ornate tall hat decorated with a band of floral ornaments and a fluffy plume, a layered ruff collar with visible pleats and edging, and a patterned garment with buttons and decorative vertical bands; the man has a neatly groomed mustache and pointed goatee, expressive eyes, and stylized hair; the drawing is rendered in shades of gray, brown, and beige on a textured background with a narrow border around the image.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A32_479
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Available size
18.5Mb (1.2Mb) / 7.1in x 10.2in / 2128 x 3046 (300dpi)