Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen
Bernard van Orley · Netherlandish
Date: 1530–35
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor over black chalk (recto); tracing in black chalk of the figures on the recto (verso)
Dimensions: 14 x 19 in. (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Themes: Coat of Arms, Horses, Landscapes, Men, Women
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995
Met highlightDate range
1530 – 1535
Largest dimension
48.3 cm
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