Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar, Spain
Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May 1647 Abraham van Blyenberch, active 1617 - 1622 (after)
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 19 × 10.7 cm (7 1/2 × 4 3/16"); Sheet: 27.9 × 16.8 cm (11 × 6 5/8"); Book closed: 28.8 × 18.2 cm (11 5/16 × 7 3/16"); Book open: 37.5 × 18.2 cm (14 3/4 × 7 3/16")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Portrait Both · 99%
The image depicts one named sitter, and the catalog identifies the work as a portrait of Diego Sarmiento de Acuña.
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Individual Portrait Both · 98%
A single male sitter occupies the central oval portrait, with his facial likeness and identity emphasized; the catalog names the sitter and identifies him as male.
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Text Visual · 99%
Extensive lettering follows the oval border and appears in a large scroll-like cartouche beneath the portrait.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Detailed Visual · 98%
The portrait, costume, ornamental surround, heraldic elements, and inscriptions contain abundant fine hatching, stippling, and small decorative details.
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Linear Forms Visual · 98%
Repeated controlled engraved lines structure the background, costume, facial modeling, oval surround, and lower cartouche.
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Dense Composition Visual · 96%
The composition combines a central portrait, large oval surround, heraldic device, surrounding inscription, dense linear background, and lower text cartouche within a tightly organized sheet.
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Black and White Visual · 97%
The printed design is predominantly black ink against unprinted light paper, with no significant chromatic color in the engraving itself.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a print, and the image visibly presents a printed portrait impression.
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Etching/Engraving Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as engraving on paper, and the image shows dense engraved linework, hatching, and stippling.
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Work on Paper Both · 99%
The catalog identifies paper as the support, and the image visibly shows an impression on a sheet.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Both · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1622, placing it in the seventeenth century.
Jewelry and Fashion Object Types
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Necklaces Both · 98%
A chain and large pendant are clearly visible across the sitter’s chest, matching the catalog subject designation for a necklace.
Source & rights
Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May 1647. Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar, Spain. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.