Name: Antique Master Print-CONSTANTIJN-HUYGENS-I-Pontius-Van Dyck-1616-1657
SKU: PICTURA-11715
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Antique Master Print-CONSTANTIJN-HUYGENS-I-Pontius-Van Dyck-1616-1657

€195.00

‘D. CONSTANTINVS HUGENS EQVES / TOPARCHA SVYLECOM. / PAUL. PONTIUS SCULP. / ANT. VAN DYCK PINXIT / CUM PRIVILEGIO’

– Portrait of Constantijn Huygens I, bust-length, seated with hand resting on a large closed book. Dressed in formal robes with wide collar, shown against a background of curtain and sky. After a painting by Van Dyck.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: lettering.

Sheet size: 17.7 x 24.9 cm (6.97 x 9.8 inch). Image size: 16.2 x 22.5 cm. (6.38 x 8.86 inch).

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

CONSTANTIJN HUYGENS, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, VAN DYCK ICONOGRAPHY, PAULUS PONTIUS, 17TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, FLEMISH PORTRAIT, HUMANIST, SCHOLAR, POET | PCO-E22-38

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Iconographia…’.

State: 6th state (per Hollstein).

Reference: New Hollstein Dutch 38-6(6); Hollstein 90-4(6); Mauquoy-Hendricx (Van Dyck) 53-4(6); FMP 2685.

Biography engraver: Paulus Pontius (1603-1658) was a Flemish engraver and one of the principal interpreters of Anthony van Dyck’s portrait paintings. He was active in Antwerp and collaborated with Rubens as well.

Biography artist: Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque painter, best known for his elegant portraits of aristocrats. His Iconographie series, engraved by various printmakers, became a key reference in 17th-century portraiture.