Josias Simler

Hendrik Hondius I

Associated Names
Hendrik Hondius I

Artist, Dutch, 1573 - 1649 or after

The image is an engraved portrait of a man's upper body facing forward with his head slightly tilted to the left. He has a long, wavy beard and mustache, furrowed brow, and wears a hat with a narrow, curved brim. His attire includes a cloak or coat with a thick fur collar. The background consists of closely spaced horizontal lines, and there is Latin text below the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17 × 12.2 cm (6 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1116

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 200, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Hondius, Nadine Orenstein, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 200, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65356328

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