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Object Type
print
Museum number
1948,0315.6.8
Title
Object:
Benjaminus Johnson
Description
Portrait, half-length to front; wearing a cloak over his right shoulder, and buttoned coat; his left arm outstretched sideways; in an oval frame with laurel wreath and banner on top, placed on a pedestal; border of seven lines around image; after Honthorst. 1711 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
George Vertue
After:
Gerard van Honthorst
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1711
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
362 millimetres
Width:
240 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Alexander 2008 / George Vertue as an Engraver
(75)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(62)
(after Honthorst)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Ben Jonson
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Hermann Marx
Acquisition date
1948
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1948,0315.6.8