Rubens and van Dyck, a Double Portrait

Paulus Pontius

Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Paulus Pontius, after Sir Anthony van Dyck and Erasmus Quellinus II

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.3 x 45.2 cm (13 7/8 x 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.91.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 430, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam, no. 123 ii/iii

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 430, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

upper left: PET. PAVL RVBENS EQVES PICTOR ANTWERPIENS; upper right: ANTONIVS VAN DYCK PICTOR ANTVERP. ; lower center: Ecce RVBENS... / ... pavide dubitastis amantes.; lower elft: Ant. van Dijck facies pinxit; lower center: Eras. Quellinus delin.; lower right: Paulus Ponius facies sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q76439145


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