Carolus Clusius, Professor of Botany at Leyden

1601

Jacques de Gheyn II

Associated Names
Jacques de Gheyn II

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1629

The image shows an ornately decorated portrait engraving of a man's upper body in an oval frame. The man faces slightly to his left with a receding hairline, a closely cropped hairstyle, and a beard. He wears a garment with a large ruffled collar. On either side of the portrait are two winged figures with floral garlands. The background is detailed with patterns, scrollwork, an emblem, and ornamental vases. Below the portrait is a decorative scroll with inscribed text, against a pattern of fruits, flowers, and shells.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.7 × 17.9 cm (8 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 241, State only

  • Series Title

    Carolus Clusius, _Rariorum Plantarum Historia_ ( Antwerp, 1601) (frontispiece)

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

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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (De Gheyn family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 245, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65076379

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