Portrait of a man (formerly identified as Dr. Butts)

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
1649
Not on view
Portrait of an elderly man with gray straight hair covering his ears, moustache and beard; bust-length to left; wearing a plumed hat with slashed rim, and fur stole over slashed doublet, after Holbein

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Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of a man (formerly identified as Dr. Butts)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Date: 1649
  • Medium: Etching; first state of three (NH)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/16 × 3 5/8 in. (13.2 × 9.2 cm) cut within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.200
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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