Henry de Bourbon, Prince de Conde
1613
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1613
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Henry de Bourbon, Prince de Conde is a 1613 ink by Léonard Gaultier, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with a beard and curly hair. He’s wearing a dark collar and a chain around his neck. The background is plain, but the edges of the image are decorated with big letters spelling out his name and a Latin phrase. The border looks like it’s made of carved wood, with leaves and swirls around the text. The words at the bottom are in French, praising the man’s bravery. This is an example of engraving, a technique where artists etch designs into metal plates.
Léonard Gaultier, or, as he sometimes signed himself, Galter, a French engraver, was born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641.
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