Artus Quellinus the Elder

1665

Hubertus Quellinus

Associated Names
Hubertus Quellinus

Artist, Flemish, 1619-1687

The image shows an engraved portrait of a man's upper half. He is positioned slightly turned to his right with his head facing forward. The man has a mature face with a mustache and shoulder-length wavy hair. He is dressed in a period-appropriate garment with a high collar and lace cravat. One hand is on his chest, and the other hand is visible at the bottom of the frame. The portrait is within an oval frame decorated with a leaf garland. The background has a fine texture, and below the portrait is a script inscription with the name "Artus Quellinius" and additional text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in honor of Shelley R.Langdale

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.5 × 22.5 cm (12 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 31.7 × 22.5 cm (12 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.), trimmed to platemark

  • Accession Number

    2020.149.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 5

  • Series Title

    Prima Pars Praecipuarum effigierum Ac Ornamentorum.... [frontispiece]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2020.

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: Menno Hertzberger: no 5

Inscriptions

lower center in cartouche: Artus Quellinus Antverpiensis / Curiae Amstelodamensium STatuarius. / Hubertus Quellinus. delin. et sculp.; by later hand, upper verso in graphite: 165 / Quellinis / 56

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