Carlos Coloma, Marqués de la Espinar, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Primary
Paulus Pontius
(Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, 1603–1658)
NationalityFlemish, Europe
Date1625
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 14 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (36.6 × 27.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 5/16 × 6 9/16 in. (23.6 × 16.7 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 5/16 × 6 9/16 in. (23.6 × 16.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Simkowitz in memory of Amy Cecelia Simkowitz-Rogers, 1997.300
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1997.300
On View
Not on viewColoma was a Spanish military commander in Milan and a military writer. He translated the texts of Tacitus, first-century historian of the Roman Empire, from Latin to the vernacular. He carries the Baton of Command, an identifying attribute present in almost all of Van Dyck’s military portraits.
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