375 - Lucas Vorsterman I - Portrait Jacques Callot

Lucas Vorsterman I - Portrait Jacques Callot Description: Portrait of the French artist Jacques Callot, holding a pencil in his right hand and making a drawing of three figures under a tree, drawing materials on a table in front. This print is signed "Ant. van Dyck pinxcit / LVorsterman Sculp. In the right corner under Cum privilegio stood in the previous edition GH (publisher Gillis Hendricx) these initials are in 1660 burnished. This print is the fifth state from a series of 125 portraits of contemporary figures known as Van Dyck's Iconography "Iconographie ou vies des hommes illustres du XVII. siècle ... les portraits peints par le fameux Antoine Van Dyck". The series is divided in two different sections: the first devoted 55 portraits of royalty, nobility and military, and the second to 70 artists, architects, scholars, and collectors who were part of Van Dyck's intellectual milieu. Van Dyck's drawings are engraved by the best of the Rubens circle including Lucas Vorsterman. Twenty-one of the portraits are also sculpted by Van Dyck himself. Dimensions: 23,5 x 17,4 cm Condition: Good impression with full plate border and margins on a dense laid paper from the period. In excellent condition. Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700(53.V)(Van Dyck)(53.V) Medium: Engraving Date: 1630-1645