Gaspar de Crayer

Paulus Pontius after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
Paulus Pontius

Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist After, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image depicts an engraving of a man from the waist up. He is looking at the viewer, with a slightly turned pose. His right hand is resting on his chest with fingers splayed. The man has a robust facial structure, a prominent nose, a mustache, and slightly curly hair falling above his shoulders. He wears a dark robe with puffy sleeves, a white ruffled collar, indicating a formal and wealthy setting. The background has a textured pattern resembling a sky with clouds. The subject is identified as Gaspar de Crayer, with Ant. van Dyck as the painter and Paul du Pont as the engraver.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.7 x 18.1 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.8 x 18.1 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.80

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 69, State undesc

  • Series Title

    Iconography

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

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: no. 69, undesc state between iv and v/vii

1991

  • Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. L'iconographie d'Antoine van Dyck: Cataloque raisonné. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Brussels, 1991: no. 46, iv/vii

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: GASPAR DE CRAYER; lower left in plate: Ant. van Dyck pinxit / Paul du Pont sculp.; lower right in plate: Mart. vanden Enden excudit Cum privilegio

Wikidata ID

Q76559200

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