Georgius Rodolphus Weckherlin.Natus 14 Sept: 1584 Denatus 13 Feb: 1653 AEt 69 Ano AEt. 50.
Mytins Pinxit. W. Faithorne fec.
Engraving, sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
George Rudolph Weckerlin (1584-1653), Latin Secretary to Charles I, after a portrait by Daniel Mijtens I (1590-1647), leading artist at the court of Charles I for much of the 1620s and 1630s. Engraving by William Faithorne (c.1620-91), printmaker who was apprenticed to the printseller William Peake, with whom he served in the royalist army during the civil war. At the Restoration Faithorne was appointed engraver in copper to the king, doubtless as reward for his devotion to the Stuart cause. The finest native British engraver born before the eighteenth century, Faithorne was highly esteemed by Pepys (who recorded many visits to his shop) while enthusiasts such as Horace Walpole ensured his posthumous reputation, which led to fine proofs of his work fetching extraordinary prices in the late Georgian period.
Fagan p.66.
[Ref: 42240] £160.00
Engraving, sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
George Rudolph Weckerlin (1584-1653), Latin Secretary to Charles I, after a portrait by Daniel Mijtens I (1590-1647), leading artist at the court of Charles I for much of the 1620s and 1630s. Engraving by William Faithorne (c.1620-91), printmaker who was apprenticed to the printseller William Peake, with whom he served in the royalist army during the civil war. At the Restoration Faithorne was appointed engraver in copper to the king, doubtless as reward for his devotion to the Stuart cause. The finest native British engraver born before the eighteenth century, Faithorne was highly esteemed by Pepys (who recorded many visits to his shop) while enthusiasts such as Horace Walpole ensured his posthumous reputation, which led to fine proofs of his work fetching extraordinary prices in the late Georgian period.
Fagan p.66.
[Ref: 42240] £160.00