Paulus Pontius, Sir Anthony van Dyck, Martinus Vanden Enden
Cesare Alessandro Scaglia
1624-1649
Paulus Pontius, Sir Anthony van Dyck, Martinus Vanden Enden
Cesare Alessandro Scaglia
1624-1649
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate "CÆSAR ALEXANDER SCAGLIA ABBAS STAPHARDÆ ET MANDANICES."; below image, lower center beneath title, six lines of verse in Latin (two columns of three lines): "Hic quem tacentem nobilis finxit manus / Sibi nunc silendo uiuit: actotum procul / Nuper diserta Principes lingua Mouens / Vndare Mundum tacitus, e Portu untuens / Momenta rebus magna perplexis dedit. / Animum ad futura doctus ex uisis parat."; below image and lines of verse, lower left, in plate "P. Pontius sculp."; below image and lines of verse, lower center, in plate "Ant. van Dyck pinxit"; below image and lines of verse, lower right, in plate "Mart. vanden Enden excudit Cum priuilegio" Verso: upper center in brown ink "4[indecipherable]"; center in graphite indecipherable; center in graphite "E. / AG262"; lower center in graphite "avant [indecipherable] DCVII et avec [indecipherable] / Before [indecipherable] XXI May [indecipherable]"; lower left and center in graphite "[indecipherable] / Weber 79. 3d Etat très ra[indecipherable]"
Markings: CM: Garrett WM: crowned shield