Antique Master Print-ANTOON-VAN-OPSTAL-PORTRAIT-Van Helt-Van Dyck-1640–1645

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26 x 39.7 cm (10.24 x 15.63 inch). Image size: 16.2 x 23.5 cm. (6.38 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.

ANTOON VAN OPSTAL, VAN DYCK, ICONOGRAPHIE, FLEMISH PORTRAIT, ETCHING, JACOBUS DE MAN, 17TH CENTURY PRINT | PCO-E31-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Jacobus de Man; from Anthony van Dyck’s Icones Principum Virorum / Iconographie series.

State: Fifth state.

Reference: New Hollstein Van Dyck 155.V; Hollstein Helt-Stockade 6; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 153.V.

Biography engraver: Nicolaes van Helt Stockade (1614–1669) was a Dutch engraver and etcher active in the mid-17th century. He is associated with portrait engraving in the circle of Anthony van Dyck and contributed to reproductive printmaking after Flemish masters. Richard Gaywood (c. 1619–1668), to whom the plate was formerly attributed, was an English engraver known for his detailed etchings after Continental artists.

Biography artist: Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) was a Flemish Baroque painter and print designer celebrated for his elegant portraiture. His Iconographie series of etched and engraved portraits became one of the defining portrait publications of the 17th century and strongly influenced European print culture.