Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 12.8 x 13.2 cm (5.04 x 5.2 inch). Image size: 9.9 x 13 cm. (3.9 x 5.12 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Attached at corners to a carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MARIA DE’ MEDICI, VAN DYCK, PIETER DE JODE II, BAROQUE PORTRAIT, ROYAL WOMEN, 17TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING, REPRODUCTIVE PRINT, THEATRUM | PCO-E15-2-16
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From the series Theatrum pontificum, imperatorum, regum, ducum, principum etc., published Antwerp, 1651.
State: 3rd state (iii/iii).
Reference: New Hollstein 238 iii/iii (van Dyck); Hollstein 127 & 205-384 (Jode II).
Biography engraver: Pieter de Jode II (1606-1674) was a Flemish Baroque engraver, son of Pieter de Jode I. He worked closely with the workshop of Anthony van Dyck and became known for his detailed portrait engravings.
Biography artist: Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque painter and the leading court portraitist in England. A pupil of Rubens, he was famous for his elegant and expressive portraits of European nobility.
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