Gertrude van Veen

Lucas Emil Vorsterman

Associated Names
Lucas Emil Vorsterman

Artist, Flemish, 1595 - 1675

The image is an engraving of a woman's portrait. She is shown from the waist up, slightly facing to the right of the frame. Her facial features include defined eyebrows and full lips, and she has curly hair framing her face. She is wearing a detailed dress with puffed sleeves, a lace-edged collar, and a string of pearls around her neck. Her hand rests on her waist, displaying a bracelet. The background features an ornate frame with inscriptions, artistic tools like a palette and brushes, a naval scene within a smaller frame, and various books and scrolls on tables beneath her portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 31.7 x 21.4 cm (12 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.132.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 214, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1893

  • Hymans, Henri. Lucas Vorsterman, 1595-1675, et Son Oeuvre Grave. Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink & Co., 1893 (reprinted 1972).

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

in the oval, across top in plate: GERTRVDIS VENIVS, OCTAVI VENI FILIAM Aet. 22.; lower left in plate: L Vorsterman; lower right in plate: P.se ipsa.; across bottom in plate: Dives opum Juno ... VENVS.

Wikidata ID

Q48243319

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