Bust of a man, 1558

Title

Bust of a man

Draughtsman

• Johan Wierix

Production Place

• Antwerp

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• parchment

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• portrait study
• ink portrait
• pen work
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten (mit der Feder in Braun): Johan / Wieriecx / fecit // Anno 1588

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• portrait

Primary

• 41D222(COLLAR) neck-gear: collar
• 41D2 clothes, costume
• 61B2(+522) historical persons (+ three-quarter view portrait)
• 31D14(+4) adult man (+ three-quarter view)
• 31A534 beard