ca. 1640s
Flemish
Works On Paper
Prints
engraving on laid paper
Sheet (Trimmed to plate line): 14 × 17 5/8 in. (35.56 × 44.77 cm)
Mount: 14 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (36.2 × 45.09 cm)
2004.64
Not on view
Printed beneath image, lower left: "Ecce RUBENS sidus quo non fulgentius ullum/ Illuxit Belgis Natura quod aemula fudit/ Omnigena Virtute potens: sic ille ferebat/ Hospes Athlantiadae, Phoebi Sacraeq Minervae"; lower right: "Nec non Belgarum Phoenix, Divinus Apelles/ Corde fouens Charites infanda DYCKIVS arte/ Talis erat specie barbatus an ipse Cupido/ An pius Arcitenens, pavide dubitastis amantes." Printed in lower left corner: "Ant. van Dÿck facies pinxit."; lower center: "Erasin. Quellinius delin Franc. Huberti excudit Antuerpice"; lower right: "Paulus Pontius facies sculp."
Gift of Mark Whatford
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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