Bearded Man

Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger

1647 · Etching; first state of three · Drawings and Prints

Portrait of a man with dark curly hair, moustache and beard, directed very slightly to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing a dark cap, and cloak with puffed sleeves over doublet with standing collar; in a roundel; after Hans Holbein the Younger. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and Conrad Geyger have been suggested for the sitter.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger

Date

1647

Medium

Etching; first state of three

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951