Artist: anonymous.
Title: Portrait of Diego Felipe de Guzman, Marqués de Leganes. (Spanish, 1580-1655), politician and Army commander.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: D. Guzman, Marquis de Leganes; B. Moncornet excu.
Dimensions: Image/platemark 6 1/4" x 4 1/2". Sheet 9" x 6 1/2"'
Publisher: Balthasar Moncornet (French, c. 1600-1668), tapissier, engraver, and print publisher in Paris, a specialist in ornament prints.
Date: 1615-1668.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Notes in pencil, two pinholes. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1891,0511.281.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the British Museum collection.