Furling the Foresail

Arthur Briscoe

1924

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Portrait of François Servien wearing a robe with a cross pendant depicted with an octagonal frame with leaf-shaped embellishments. Below the frame is a coat of arms made of a crowned shield topped with a wide brimmed cardinal hat with flowing tassels.
Stevens, a cloth merchant and art collector, is seen here wearing a wide white collar, luxurious cloak, and a ring on his right pinky finger. His right hand sits on his hip. This is from the Gillis Hendricx edition of the Iconography (Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum, Pictorum Chalcographorum Statuorum nec non Amatorum Pictoriae Artis Numero Centum), published between 1632-44.
Roses from the Market, Richard Tepe, vintage gelatin print
Allegory of Winter, Nicolas Lancret, oil on copper