
Hendrick van Balen
Pontius, Paulus · Flemish
probably 1626/1641
- Medium
- engraving
- Classification
- Period
- 1601 to 1650
- Image size
- 3218 × 4919px
Description
The image depicts the upper half of a man facing slightly to his right. He has a thoughtful expression, a prominent nose, close-set eyes, wavy medium-length hair, and a full beard. He wears a detailed garment with a ruffled collar under a dark velvety coat. His left hand rests on a sculpted head on a plinth table. In the background, there is a vertical element resembling a column. The artwork includes an inscription identifying the subject as Henricus van Baelen and additional text in Latin.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).