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Object Type
print
Museum number
1929,0516.15
Title
Object:
Robertus van Voerst
Series:
Icones Principum Virorum
Description
Portrait of Robert van Voerst, half-length in front of a cloudy sky on the left and a square pillar base on the right, directed to front but looking to the left, with long hair, a beard and moustache, wearing a wide flat collar, buttoned doublet and cloak over both shoulders, his left hand holding a scroll of paper at the level of his chest; fifth state with the initials of Gillis Hendricx added; after Anthony van Dyck Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Robert van Voerst
After:
Anthony van Dyck
Published by:
Gillis Hendricx
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1630-1636
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
238 millimetres
Width:
167 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For an impression of the second state and comment see 1863,0725.739.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(97.V)
(Van Dyck)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(26)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1991 / L'Iconographie d'Antoine Van Dyck, Catalogue raisonné
(73.V)
Hind 1952-64 / Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
(III.210.24)
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Robert van Voerst
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Col G A Cardew
Acquisition date
1929
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1929,0516.15