- Description
- The rectangular plaque shows the bust-length portrait, three-quarters face to the left, of a tonsured monk with small moustache and full chin-beard. He wears the black habit of the Benedictine order. The background is bright blue with a white line border. The enamel framework is of octagonal shape, the upper part suggesting the mask of a dragon, its wings entwined with drapery; on the lower edge,
- Source file
- Jacques Laudin I - Portrait of a Benedictine Abbot - Walters 44165.jpg
- Creator
- Jacques Laudin I (French, ca. 1627-1695)
- Credit
- Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork
- Date
- mid 17 th century date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
