Hendrik Hondius (1573-1650)
Hendrik Hondius (1573-1650) - Portrait of Joris Hoefnagel / Description: Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies: Portrait of Joris Hoefnagel, famous Flemish painter and printmaker, known for his natural history subjects and topographical views. Seen three-quarter length, directed to the right, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing an embroidered jacket with collar, holding a medallion in his left hand, a vase with flowers and a doric column in the background. Etching made and published by Hendrick Hondius I. / Dimensions: 21,30 x 12,60 cm Good impression on watermarked laid paper. In the full sheet with margins. / Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (80-155) ----- Muller II 1853 / Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 Portretten, van Nederlanders (2400) ----- van Someren 1888 / Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders. (M.2400)
