Christian, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg

Artist Robert van Voerst (Dutch, 1597 - 1635/1636)

After Anthony Van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)

Dateprobably 1650-1660

MediumEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 9 5/8 × 6 15/16 in. (24.5 × 17.7 cm) Sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 in. (27.9 × 21 cm)

Credit LineGift of James A. Bergquist in honor of Victoria Sancho Lobis

CultureDutch

MarkingsWatermark: Mauquoy-Hendrickx no. 290 (Tower, Fortress, or Gate to the City, backward S with line down center at center of shield below)

InscribedHandwritten in pencil by unknown hand in address cartouche "Chrisianus Episcopus Halberst. / v. Dyck p. (l.l.); Robert van Voerst (l.r.)"

Catalogue raisonnéMauquoy-Hendrickx, 1991: 186, state I/II

Object numberPC2010.05

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionHalf figure portrait of Duke with lace collar and metal armor, left arm of figure tucked inside embroidered cloth with lace edges draped over his right shoulder and across his body. The duke wears a medal across his body (medallion appears on his right hip). He is standing against a tree, the leaves and trunk appear in the top left; open sky appears on right behind figure. Duke has shoulder length hair and mustache, as well as small long braid that comes over his left shoulder. Print is "avant la lettre," i.e. no address, title, or artists' names appear; bottom of the sheet is blank.

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