print
- Museum number
- R,1a.28
- Title
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Object: Ferdinandus Austriacus
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Series: Icones Principum Virorum
- Description
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Portrait of Ferdinand, Cardinal Infante of Spain and Archduke of Austria, half-length in front of a swagged curtain, turned slightly to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing a lace collar and cuffs, a doublet, coat and sash, holding a baton in his left hand atthe level of his chest; third lettered state; after Anthony van Dyck; third, lettered state with title and production details
Engraving
- Production date
- 1640-1655
- Dimensions
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Height: 250 millimetres
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Width: 200 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For an impression of the third state see 1849,0210.243.For comment on Van Dyck's Iconography see R,1b.47.
The whereabouts of the copper-plate are unknown. The portrait is based on Van Dyck's painting, now kept in the Prado, Madrid, inv.no.1480, see S. Barnes, N. de Poorter, O. Millar and H. Vey, 'Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings', Yale & London, 2004, cat.no.III.83.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1799
- Acquisition notes
- for the argument that this probably comes from Cracherode, see R,1a.1
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- R,1a.28
