Caption

Portrait bust of Seneca, drawing, Bust of Seneca, facing right, standing on a book., draftsman (artist): David Bailly, 1624, draftsman (artist), materials by function, paper, ink, pen, pen in brown, height 177 mm x width 143 mm, Person, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, A detailed ink drawing shows a sculpted head and upper shoulders of an older man placed on top of a closed book; the head features wavy hair, a trimmed beard, pronounced facial wrinkles, and a pensive expression with closed or blank eyes, rendered with fine hatched lines and shading; the bust rests on a thick book with visible page edges and a textured cover, and the composition is set against a plain, lightly speckled background with a thin framed border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B46_322

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.1Mb (9.3Mb) / 11.3in x 13.8in / 3379 x 4151 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait bust Seneca drawing Bust facing right standing book draftsman artist David Bailly 1624 materials function paper ink pen brown height 177 mm x width 143 mm Person Lucius Annaeus Seneca detailed ink drawing sculpted head upper shoulders older man placed top closed book head features wavy hair trimmed beard pronounced facial wrinkles pensive expression closed blank eyes rendered fine hatched lines shading bust rests thick book visible page edges textured cover composition set plain lightly speckled background thin framed border