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Portrait of a Seventeenth-Century Officer

1720–1820
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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