BIB_ID
433246
Accession number
MA 409.2
Creator
Anonymous, British School, 19th cent.
Display Date
19th century.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Nineteenth century drawing possibly inspired by Isaac Oliver's portrait of a young man reclining on a bank, traditionally identified as Sir Philip Sidney.
3 15/16 x 3 inches (100 x 76 mm)
Provenance
Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Frank T. Sabin in 1905.
Summary
Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney, reclining full-length on an outcropping beneath a tree, with a castle visible in the background at right; he leans on his right arm with his hand against his cheek, and holds a book in his other hand; he wears a goatee and mustache, with a brimmed hat with a long feather on his head, a short ruff with jerkin over striped doublet and hose, and a sword resting at his side on the ground at right and a glove at left.
Medium
Black ink and ink wash over graphite, on paper.
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