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Lionell Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, Baron Cranfield of Cranfield

1644
Not on view
Portrait of man bust length, wearing a ruff and a cap. He has a large moustache. Shown within an oval, with the subject identified below. The sheet inset into a larger sheet (formerly probably in an album; numbered on back "no. 50")

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lionell Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, Baron Cranfield of Cranfield
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Sitter: Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex (British, 1575–1645)
  • Date: 1644
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (7.5 × 6.2 cm) cut within platemark
    Mount: 10 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (25.8 × 16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.102.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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