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John Baptist Jackson and Justus van Egmont

Portrait of Algeron Sidney

1720

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Portrait of Algeron Sidney

1720

Physical Qualities Color woodcut, Sheet: 342 × 225 mm. (13 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Purchase Fund
Object Number 1945.69
Chiaroscuro woodcut

Inscribed: Recto: in block, at lower left: "Zustus Verus pinx."; in block, at lower right: "J:B:J sculp: et exc."; Verso: at botton center, in graphite: "Cha 1 - Ch 7"; at bottom center, in black ink: "This is a very scarce portrait of Algeron Sidney / J. B. Jackson [indecipherable] went to Venice where he worked / at his chiaroscuro prints. This is probably executed after his [indecipherable] trip to England about 1740."

Artist

John Baptist Jackson

b. 1700

English, 1701-c. 1780
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Artist

Justus van Egmont

1600–1673

Flemish, 1601 - 1674
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