Caption

Portrait of John Casimir in armor, half-length; verso: sketches of a hand holding a shaft. Jan Kazimierz King of Poland; 1609–1672 — iconography; portraits of rulers; male portrait; sketches; portraits; hands. Drawing on cardboard glued by the side edge to another cardboard. Drawing, 1830–1884. Height 29.8 cm, width 23.2 cm; cardboard: height 34.6 cm, width 25.2 cm. Creator: Lesser, Aleksander 1814–1884 draughtsman., A roughly sketched portrait of a person wearing ornate, textured clothing and a heavy cloak, drawn on brown paper with visible pencil and charcoal strokes; the figure has shoulder-length hair and a neutral expression, with one hand resting on the hip and the other holding a cylindrical object near a table edge where a rounded item sits; tones in the image include brown of the paper, dark gray and black of the sketch lines, and lighter gray highlights.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_485

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51.2Mb (1.6Mb) / 12.4in x 16.0in / 3725 x 4805 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait John Casimir armor half-length verso sketches hand holding shaft Jan Kazimierz King Poland 1609–1672 iconography portraits rulers male portrait hands Drawing cardboard glued side edge another cardboard 1830–1884 Height 29.8 cm width 23.2 cm cardboard height 34.6 cm width 25.2 cm Creator Lesser Aleksander 1814–1884 draughtsman roughly sketched portrait person wearing ornate textured clothing heavy cloak drawn brown paper visible pencil charcoal strokes figure shoulder-length hair neutral expression hand resting hip holding cylindrical object near table edge rounded item sits tones image include brown paper dark gray black sketch lines lighter gray highlights.