FDA-E.1275-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1275-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
The Little Executioner
Title Type
Common name
Description
Black and white print showing the head of a bearded man wearing a headdress, seen in profile to the right.
Comments
For information on Prince Rupert's mezzotints after de Ribera, see:
Smith, J.C., 'British Mezzotinto Portraits', Part IV, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883, p.1773
This is a detail from Prince Rupert's larger mezzotint after de Ribera's painting, 'The Great Executioner', in which the head of St John the Baptist held by his executioner.
Smith, J.C., 'British Mezzotinto Portraits', Part IV, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883, p.1773
This is a detail from Prince Rupert's larger mezzotint after de Ribera's painting, 'The Great Executioner', in which the head of St John the Baptist held by his executioner.
Other number
SW 71
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 132mm
width (actual size): 163mm
width (actual size): 163mm
Inscription
Lettering, top right hand corner: 'Rpf' surmounted by a crown (mezzotinter's monogram)
Physical description
This print has been trimmed.
Production
Person
Date
1658
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
