Caption
Portrait of Kenelm Digby, Icones Principum Vivorum Doctorum Pictorum Chalcographorum Statuariorum nec non Amatorum Pictoriae Artis Numero Centum ab Antonio van Dyck Pictore ad Vivum Expressae Eiusq: Sumptibus aeri incisae, Iconography, print, album page, Portrait of the naval officer and diplomat Kenelm Digby. There is an armillary on the table, which refers to his interest in astronomy. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Robert van Voerst, London, after painting by Anthony van Dyck, publisher: Gilles Hendricx, Antwerp, 1630 - 1641, 1645 - 1646, unknown, grantor of privilege, paper, engraving, gravure, height 265 mm x width 193 mm, Person, Kenelm Digby, armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe, A monochrome engraved portrait of a bearded man shown from the chest up, turned slightly to the viewer’s left with his gaze directed outward, wearing a voluminous draped cloak over a dark buttoned garment, his right hand resting on his chest with fingers splayed, curly hair framing his face, a textured background with crosshatching on the left and horizontal lines on the right, and a partial ornate spherical object visible to the right of the figure.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B26_399
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40.7Mb (6.4Mb) / 10.7in x 14.7in / 3217 x 4418 (300dpi)