Andries Stock - Jacob de Gheyn in a painters studio - 1610

Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn, painter and sculptor, , half-length, directed to the right but looking at the viewer, standing behind a table with paper and brushes, holding a medallion in his left hand, and pointing at it with his right hand; a painter and his nude model in the background. The winged hour-glass at the stone block in front is a nice memento-mori. A portrait from the series Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. The portrait is titled, signed by the publisher and dated 1610 . This is a first edition published by Hondius, a later edition was published in 1612and 1618 by Jansonius.
Dimensions: 20,00 x 11,70 cm Artist Name: Andries Jacobsz. Stock (1580-1648) Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (80-155) ----- Muller II 1853 / Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 Portretten, van Nederlanders (1856) ----- van Someren 1888 / Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders. (M.1856) Medium: Etching Circa: 1610 Notes: All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed.

Condition: Outstanding early impression on watermarked laid paper trimmed on/just outside the plate border. Small remains of album tipping at top corners.