Caption

Portrait of John Casimir in armor, drawn by Alexander Lesser 1814–1884; subject: John Casimir King of Poland, 1609–1672 — male portrait, portrait of a ruler; 17th-century iconography; drawing on tracing paper glued across the entire surface onto paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with the upper edge onto cardboard; tracing; card: height 12.7 cm, width 11.3 cm; cardboard: height 35.7 cm, width 25.8 cm; date: 1830–1884., A drawn portrait of a man shown from the chest up against a beige background, with long curly hair and a mustache and small goatee, wearing ornate armor with decorative shoulder pieces and a textured collar, a chain with a pendant around his neck, and tied ribbons on his shoulders; the drawing is rendered in black ink and gray wash on aged paper with a thin pinkish border and an outer off-white border, showing tones of beige, brown, gray, black, pink, and off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_487

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24.3Mb (1020.1Kb) / 9.2in x 10.2in / 2761 x 3071 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait John Casimir armor drawn Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 subject John Casimir King Poland 1609–1672 male portrait portrait ruler 17th-century iconography drawing tracing paper glued across entire surface paper dimensions upper edge cardboard tracing card height 12.7 cm width 11.3 cm 35.7 cm width 25.8 cm date 1830–1884 drawn portrait man shown chest up beige background long curly hair mustache small goatee wearing ornate armor decorative shoulder pieces textured collar chain pendant neck tied ribbons shoulders rendered black ink gray wash aged paper thin pinkish border outer off-white border showing tones beige brown gray black pink off-white.