Theodoro Harlemio, Pictori (Portrait of Dirck Bouts), Plate 6 from Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Germaniae Inferioris Effigies (Effigies of some celebrated painters, chiefly of Lower Germany)
Cornelis Cort, Netherlandish, 1533 - 1578
about 1565; published about 1600-1601
Engraving on laid paper
Plate: 7 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (19.4 × 11.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (32 × 19.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.962.33.4
Publisher
Theodor Galle, Antwerp
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper center: Floruit Harlemi et Louanij an. 1462. 5; inscribed, in plate, below image, lower center margin: 5 THEODORO HARLEMIO, PICTORI. / Huc et ades, Theodore, tuam quoque Belgica semper / Laude nihil ficta tollet ad asfra manum; / Fpsa tuis rerum genitrix expressa figuris / Te Natura sibi dum timet arte parem.; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Th. Galle excud.; Watermark, center: [Amsterdam Coat of Arms: shield with vertical XXX in center; topped with crown; lion on either side]
Provenance
R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Rafael, California; sold to present collection, 1962.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch vol. 52: 205(189); Hollstein 2023-2035.III (The Wierix Family) bibliographic; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 224.III (Cornelis Cort); Riggs 1977: 269
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