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Object Type
print
Museum number
1857,0509.27
Description
Portrait of Ferdinand, Cardinal Infante of Spain and Archduke of Austria, half-length in front of a swagged curtain, directed to the left but looking at the viewer, wearing armour, a lace collar, a sash around the waist, and the order of the Golden Fleece, with his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword and his right holding a baton; first state before all lettering; after Anthony van Dyck Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Adriaen Lommelin
After:
Anthony van Dyck
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1640-1655
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
242 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
186 millimetres
Curator's comments
For an impression of the first state and comment see 1848,1125.170.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(48.I)
(Lommelin)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(129.I)
(Van Dyck)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1991 / L'Iconographie d'Antoine Van Dyck, Catalogue raisonné
(105.I)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Ferdinand, Cardinal Infante of Spain and Archduke of Austria
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1857
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1857,0509.27