[Francesco Cleyn] [art original]

Description

Title: [Francesco Cleyn] [art original]
Alternative Title: Francis Cleyn
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Francis Cleyn, formerly Franz Klein, painter and tapestry designer born in German and raised at the Danish court. After travelling in Italy, he moved to England in 1623 and worked in the Court of Charles I.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Cleyn in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 127.
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii.122. Purchased by Wilmarth S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 12.7 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Ink drawings British 18th century
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink and pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658,
Subject (Topic): Artists
German
Subjects: Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658
Artists > German
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Vertue, Francesco Cleyn. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.