Paulus Pontius, Sir Anthony van Dyck, and others
Nicolaas Rockox
1638
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Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 263 × 182 mm. (10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.15757
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: Recto: in image, in the oval border surrounding the portrait, in plate "NICOLAVS ROCKOX, EQVES ET CONSVLARIS ANTV. AET. ANNO LXXIX STET QVICVNO, VOLET POTENS AVLÆ CVLMINE LBRICO, ME DVLCIS SATVRET QVIES"; in image, lower left, in plate "Paul. Pontius sculpsit"; in image, lower right, in plate "H. de Neyt excudit."; in image, lower center, in plate, six lines of text beginning "Qui nouies [...]"; in image, lower right, in plate "C.Geuartis Pos."; in image, lower center, in brown ink indecipherable Verso: lower center in graphite "3rd state (of 8)"
Markings: CM: none WM: foolscap with five-pointed collar
