Jacobus Gibbs, Architectus
ArtistAfter
Hans Hysing
(Swedish, born Stockholm, Sweden 1678-died London, England 1753)
Maker
Peter Pelham
(American, born London, England, 1697-died Boston, MA 1751)
Dateearly 18th century
Mediummezzotint
Dimensions
frame: 23 × 19 in. (58.4 × 48.3 cm)
sight: 14 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (37.8 × 27.3 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.1.998
DescriptionPortrait of male wearing long white curly wig; body facing to viewer but looking towards his right; wearing long jacket with large buttons, holding an architectural floor plan on right hand, resting right elbow on column base
Bottom middle, “Jacobus Gibbs, Architectus”
Bottom middle, “Jacobus Gibbs, Architectus”
Not on view