Portrait of Willem de Vos

Artist Anthony Van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)

Engraver Schelte Bolswert (Dutch, ca. 1586 - 1659)

Dateca. 1645

MediumEtching and engraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 9 5/8 × 6 3/16 in. (24.5 × 15.7 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (26.7 × 18.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert and Karen Hoehn

CultureFlemish

MarkingsWatermark: fool's cap with nine-pointed collar (-Hendrickx 141, dated ca. 1645-55)

InscribedIn plate, below image: "GVILIELMVS DE VOS. / ANTVERPIAE PICTOR HVMANARVM FIGVRARVM. / Ant. van Dyck fecit aqua forti. G.H. S. à Bolswert sculpsit."

PortfolioIconographie

Catalogue raisonnéMauquoy-Hendrickx 15, 5th state (of 7); New Hollstein 14, 5th state (of 7)

Object numberPC2015.14.02

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionPortrait of bearded man (painter Willem de Vos), wearing high collar, buttoned doublet, and with cloak wrapped around torso and held in front of stomach by figure's left hand. Face in 3/4 view, figure is turned to left and facing viewer, 1/2 length. Fine line work of print largely completed and regularized, with inscriptions at bottom included identifying sitter, artist and engraver.

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