Portrait of a Seventeenth-Century Officer
Based on an unidentified 17th portrait, this mezzotint shows an officer (probably Spanish) who holds a baton on his right hip. He stands in a spacious interior wearing a ruff, breastplate, doublet and hose, a sword slung at his side. His helmet and gauntlets rest on a cloth-covered table at right below a curtain. At left a stone column stands before an arched opening that gives a view of a distant hill town.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of a Seventeenth-Century Officer
- Artist: Anonymous, British, late 18th–early 19th century
- Date: 1720–1820
- Medium: Mezzotint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 5/16 in. × 9 in. (33.8 × 22.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Carolyn R. Vietor, 1964
- Object Number: 64.563.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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