Paulus Pontius, Sir Anthony van Dyck, Jan Meyssens
Nicolaus Bruyant
1648
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Paulus Pontius, Sir Anthony van Dyck, Jan Meyssens
Nicolaus Bruyant
1648
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 165 × 113 mm. (6 1/2 × 4 7/16 in.)
Plate: 160 × 112 mm. (6 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.15809
There were two engraved plates used in production--one for the portrait and another for the frame and surrounding ornamentation.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: Recto:in image, center in oval frame, in plate "SAPIENS SV= / PERAT ASTRA."; in image, lower center, in plate "NICOLAUS / BRUYANT / ASTROLOGUS ET MATHEMATICUS / ATREBATENSIS / NATUS M.D.LXXII. X APRILIS / DENATUS M.DC.XXXVIII. XII. IUL."; in image, lower left, in plate: "Ant. van Dyck pinxit."; below image, lower center, in plate "P. Pontius Sculpsit"; in image, lower right, in plate "Io. Meyssens excudit." Verso: lower right in graphite "19x25"; lower right in graphite diamond with "3798"
Markings: CM: Reverend J. Burleigh James (Lugt 1425); Claghorn