Artist: Anselmus Van Hulle. (Flemish, 1594/1601-1665). Painter, mainly working in Ghent.
Engraver: Pieter de Bailliu (Flemish, 1613-1660), engraver; b. and worked in Antwerp, except for a period in Rome (1631-37).
Title: Portrait of Matthäus Wesenbeck (1531 – 1586). Wesenbeck was a Protestant writer widely known and cited during his time. He taught at Jena and Wittenberg.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: Lettered around the image with: "Expedit firmare animvm constantibvs exemplis" and below the image with: "MATTHAEVS, / Matthaei Iuris Consti Sen è filio nepos, / WESENBECIVS Iunior. / Serenissimi Electoris Brandenburgici Consiliarius / intimus eiusdemq ad Pacis Universalis Tractatus / in Westphalia Legatus. / aetat 48", and production detail: "Anselmus van Hulle pinxit. Pet. Baillieu scul", "Cum priuilegio Regum et Hollandiae Ordinum", "1649".
Dimensions: Sheet 12 1/4" x 8 1/4". Mat 20" x 13".
Date: 1649.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper affixed at the upper corners.
Mat and Frame: Matted. The mat bears the label of the Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan (before 1987).
Provenance: Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan (before 1987).
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1871,1111.747.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from The British Museum collection.