1540
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Sebastian, King of Portugal is a 1540 ink by Hieronymus Cock, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a young man in fancy clothes. He’s wearing a ruffled collar, a chain with a cross, and a cloak draped over his shoulders. One hand holds a small globe, and the other rests on a book with a cross on it. The words around him say things like *"King of Portugal"* and *"By the Grace of God."* The lines in the picture are all carved into the metal plate—this isn’t paint. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like this made prints.
Hieronymus Cock, or Hieronymus Wellens de Cock, (1518 – 3 October 1570) was a Flemish painter and etcher as well as a publisher and distributor of prints.
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