Antique Master Print-LUCAS-VAN-UDEN-PORTRAIT-Vorsterman-Van Dyck-ca. 1626–1641

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 25 x 38 cm (9.84 x 14.96 inch). Image size: 15.7 x 23.5 cm. (6.18 x 9.25 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.

LUCAS VAN UDEN, VAN DYCK, LUCAS VORSTERMAN, PORTRAIT ENGRAVING, FLEMISH BAROQUE, LANDSCAPE PAINTER, ICONOGRAPHIE | PCO-E31-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From Anthony van Dyck’s Iconographie portrait series; engraved by Lucas Vorsterman after Van Dyck.

State: State V/VI.

Reference: Hollstein 212 V/VI; New Hollstein Van Dyck 95 V/VI; Mauquoy-Hendrickx.

Biography engraver: Lucas Emil Vorsterman (1595–1675) was a Flemish engraver from Antwerp and one of the foremost reproductive engravers of the Baroque period. A close collaborator of Rubens and later associated with Van Dyck, he became celebrated for his technically refined engravings and portraits after major Flemish masters.

Biography artist: Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman internationally renowned for his elegant portraits. His Iconographie series of etched and engraved portraits became one of the most influential print publications of the 17th century.