Scelte A Bolswart. Calcographus Antverpiae.
Ant. van Dÿc inuentor. Adr. Lommelin sculpsit.
Gillis Hendricx exudit [n.d. c.1650].
Engraving, 17th century watermark; 200 x 285mm. (8 x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, mounted in album paper at sides.
Portrait of the engraver Schelte Adamsz Bolswert (1586–1659). He was born at Bolsward, and worked in Haarlem (1612-17) and Amsterdam early on in his career, before living in Brussels and Antwerp, where he died. He worked regularly with Rubens and Van Dyck (from whose portrait this engraving was made).
[Ref: 62194] £180.00
Gillis Hendricx exudit [n.d. c.1650].
Engraving, 17th century watermark; 200 x 285mm. (8 x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, mounted in album paper at sides.
Portrait of the engraver Schelte Adamsz Bolswert (1586–1659). He was born at Bolsward, and worked in Haarlem (1612-17) and Amsterdam early on in his career, before living in Brussels and Antwerp, where he died. He worked regularly with Rubens and Van Dyck (from whose portrait this engraving was made).
[Ref: 62194] £180.00