Friday 21 July 2017

Engraved Portrait Bust of Robert Herrick

 
Bust of Robert Herrick
in the Garden of the Hesperides.
1648.
 
 
 
Sculptured bust of Robert Herrick on a pedestal with inscription; the garden of the Hesperides in the background; above, putti with wreaths; to the right, Pegasus on Mount Helicon; frontispiece to Herrick's 'Hesperides' (1648).  Engraving
 
Frontispiece from Herrick's Hesperides - 1649.
Engraving by William Marshall
161 x 95 mm
 
British Museum.
 
Continuing the theme of engraved Portraits depicted as sculpted busts.
 
 
 
 
Image result for Hesperides print
 
 
This image courtesy Sotheby's

Thursday 20 July 2017

Sir John Hawkwood & Niccolo da Tolentino

 
Sir John Hawkwood d.1394.
by Paulo Uccello
1436.
in the Duomo, Florence
 
 
 
Sir John Hawkwood
1436
English Mercenary
Fresco mounted on canvas
820 x 515 cms.
 
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Niccolo da Tolentino
by Andrea del Castagno (1423 - 57)
1456
 
 
 
 
Niccolo da Tolentino
by Andrea del Castagno
1456
Fresco
 
833 x 512 cms
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday 19 July 2017

Engraving of the Bust of Adolphe Jean, Duc de Deux Ponts

 
 
 
 
 
Engraving of the Bust of Adolphe Jean, Duc de Deux Ponts
c. 1690's.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Engraving by Jaques Grignon (c. 1640 - 1698). 
after a portrait by David Klocker Ehrenstrahl (1629 - 1698).
From Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf "Histoire de regne Charles Gustave, Roy de Suede" 1697.
no size given.
 
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
 
 
This engraving included as a further example of an engraved portrait of a man depicted in the form of a portrait bust