Mr. Henricus van Born

c. 1685

Abraham Blooteling, after Nicolaes Maes

Associated Names
Abraham Blooteling

Artist, Dutch, 1640 - 1690

Abraham Blooteling

Publisher, Dutch, 1640 - 1690

Nicolaes Maes

Artist After, Dutch, 1634 - 1693

The image shows a portrait of a man depicted from the waist up. He is sitting with one arm resting on a chair arm. The man has a round face, long curly hair, and is wearing a dark coat with large buttons and a white collar typical of 17th to 18th-century attire. No visible jewelry or objects are present. The background features an arched design, column, and sky with clouds. Below the image, text identifies the person as Mr. Henricus Van Born.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Lawrence Lawver

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.2 × 22 cm (12 5/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.4 × 23.6 cm (13 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.74.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 149, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam, 1950: vol. II: no. 149, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Mr. HENRICUS VAN BORN AMSTELO. BAT. / Prius Alcmariæ supra IV, nunc Amstelodami ultra XXII Annos Pastor Eccl. inv. Conf. Aug. addictae Sti. Ministerii Senior Ao. MDLXXXIV Ætatis LIV. / BEELD: Gy zyt gedaan na 't Leeven / Vivam FONS Vitae per florida gramina lympham... / ...Das hat in ein durstigHertz met Freuden oft genossen. / Rev Do. Collegae Hon et Amor gr. scribit JOANNES COLERUS / Past. A.C. Amstel. / Maes Pinxit. A. Blooteling Fecit et Exc. cum Privilegio Hollanie et Westfrisiae; by later hand, center verso in graphite: [not deciphered] / Blooteling

Wikidata ID

Q77008443

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