Oliver Cromwell

after 1653

Not on view

Not long after Cromwell's Puritan minority overtook the throne of England, the "Lord Protector" himself was portrayed steely-eyed and dressed in armor. His costume suited well the leader of a fanatical army and a staunch defender of colonial possessions. The portrait is one of the earliest known etchings to be modeled with aquatint.

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Catalogue Raisonné

Title: Oliver Cromwell
Artist: Jan van de Velde IV (Dutch, Utrecht before 1610–1686 Haarlem)
Artist: after Robert Walker (British, 1595/1610?–?1659)
Date: after 1653
Medium: Engraving, aquatint, and roulette; second state
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Object Number: 30.54.72
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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