Antique Master Print-THEODORUS-VANLONIUS-LOON-Pontius-Van Dyck-1627-1641

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 25.7 x 40 cm (10.12 x 15.75 inch). Image size: 17.4 x 24.5 cm. (6.85 x 9.65 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

THEODOOR VAN LOON, THEODORUS VANLONIUS, PAULUS PONTIUS, ANTHONY VAN DYCK, ICONOGRAPHIA, FLEMISH PORTRAIT ENGRAVING, BAROQUE ART | PCO-E31-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From Anthony van Dyck’s Iconographia portrait series, published in Antwerp.

State: Sixth state.

Biography engraver: Paulus Pontius (1603–1658) was a Flemish engraver and publisher from Antwerp. He became one of the foremost reproductive engravers of the Baroque period and collaborated extensively with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. His refined burin technique made him a leading interpreter of Flemish portrait painting in print.

Biography artist: Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) was a Flemish Baroque painter and printmaker renowned for his elegant portraits of European aristocracy and artists. His Iconographia portrait series became one of the most influential engraved portrait publications of the seventeenth century.