Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) - Paulus Pontius (1603-1658) - Il Monaco bianco
Magnificent engraving from a painting by Antony Van Dick by Paulus Pontius.
Date of construction around 1649
Scene:
St. Hermann Joseph kneeling left before the Virgin, angels behind, lily and biretta in foreground, a print known as 'The White Monk';
fifth state with new address of Pierre Mariette; after Anthony van Dyck.
Made on heavy coeval paper
Lettered in the lower margin with five lines in Latin, dedication and production details: "B. Ioseph Presbyter et Canonicus Steinfeldiensis . . . / . . . euolauit die quarta Aprilis, Anno 1241. " and "Admodium Rever. do Amplissique Domi. o D. Ioan. Chrisostomo Vander Sterre . . . / . . . offert Ant. van Dÿck" and "Antonius van Dyck inuentor" and "Cum priuilegio" and "Paulus Pontius sculpsit". Added inside the image "A Paris Chez P. Mariette".
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Francesco Martinelli Rome
Bibliography:
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c. 1450-1700 (30. V)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (599. V)
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Magnificent engraving from a painting by Antony Van Dick by Paulus Pontius.
Date of construction around 1649
Scene:
St. Hermann Joseph kneeling left before the Virgin, angels behind, lily and biretta in foreground, a print known as 'The White Monk';
fifth state with new address of Pierre Mariette; after Anthony van Dyck.
Made on heavy coeval paper
Lettered in the lower margin with five lines in Latin, dedication and production details: "B. Ioseph Presbyter et Canonicus Steinfeldiensis . . . / . . . euolauit die quarta Aprilis, Anno 1241. " and "Admodium Rever. do Amplissique Domi. o D. Ioan. Chrisostomo Vander Sterre . . . / . . . offert Ant. van Dÿck" and "Antonius van Dyck inuentor" and "Cum priuilegio" and "Paulus Pontius sculpsit". Added inside the image "A Paris Chez P. Mariette".
Guaranteed work
Francesco Martinelli Rome
Bibliography:
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c. 1450-1700 (30. V)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (599. V)