Mr. Henricus van Born, c. 1685

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Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Lawrence Lawver

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 149, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2015.74.8

Artists / Makers

Abraham Blooteling (artist) Dutch, 1640 - 1690

Nicolaes Maes (artist after) Dutch, 1634 - 1693

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rumbler, Helmut H., Mr.

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.