Name: Rare-Antique Master Print-JACQUES-CALLOT-PORTRAIT-Vorsterman-van Dyck-ca. 1635
SKU: PICTURA-09794
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Rare-Antique Master Print-JACQUES-CALLOT-PORTRAIT-Vorsterman-van Dyck-ca. 1635

€295.00

‘IACOBVS CALLOT / CALCOGRAPHVS AQVA FORTI NANCEII IN LOTHARINGIA NOBILIS. / ANT. VAN DYCK PINXIT. / L. VORSTERMAN SCULPSIT. / MART. VANDEN ENDEN EXCUDIT. CUM PRIVILEGIO.’

– Portrait of Jacques Callot seated at a table, facing forward with head turned to viewer. He holds a stylus and leans on an engraving plate. The table shows tools of his craft. A formal half-length portrait within a rectangular field.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 17.1 x 23.5 cm (6.73 x 9.25 inch). Image size: 16.5 x 21.3 cm. (6.5 x 8.39 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Trimmed to image. Remains of paper from attachment on rear. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JACQUES CALLOT, LUCAS VORSTERMAN, ANTHONY VAN DYCK, ICONOGRAPHY, 17TH CENTURY, ENGRAVING, ETCHING, FLEMISH, BAROQUE, PORTRAIT, PRINTMAKER | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Icones Principum Virorum’, published by Martinus van den Enden.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch XXI, Van Dyck Iconography, no. 76 I.

Biography engraver: Lucas Vorsterman I (1595?1675) was a prominent Flemish engraver and close collaborator of Rubens and later Van Dyck. He was instrumental in the dissemination of Baroque portraiture through reproductive engravings.

Biography artist: Anthony van Dyck (1599?1641) was a Flemish Baroque painter and etcher known for his elegant portraits. His “Iconography” series depicted notable contemporary figures, widely circulated through prints.