Artist: Andries Jacobsz Stock, Dutch printmaker, drawer, and publisher (circa 1572-1582 - after 1648).
Title: Portrait of Gillis van Coninxloo (II). Gillis van Coninxloo (now also referred to as Gillis van Coninxloo II but previously referred to as Gillis van Coninxloo III) (1544 – 1607) was a Flemish painter of landscapes who played an essential role in the development of Northern landscape art at the turn of the 17th century. He spent the last 20 years abroad, first in Germany and later in the Dutch Republic.
Titled and Annotated in plate: Hh.[Hendrik Hondius I] excudit. Cum privilegio. ÆGIDIUS CONINCXLOY, ANTVERPIAN. / PICTOR. / Pingere rura, lacus, silvas, animancula, fontes / Cura tibi, pascunt mirifice hæc oculos. / Te duce nunc pingunt alii camposque acusque: / Te Fauni, Nymphæ, te Dryadesque canunt.
Dimensions: sheet 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Extended backing frame sheet 11 3/4" x 9 1/4". Mat 14 5/8" x 11 1/2".
Publisher: Hendrik Hondius I (born Hendrik de Hondt; 1573 – c. 1650) was a Flemish-born trained engraver, cartographer, and publisher, who settled in the Dutch Republic in 1597.
Edition: Pictorum aliquot celebrium, præcipué Germaniæ Inferioris.
Date: 1610.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper, margins extended with wove paper.
Mat and Frame: matted.
Provenance: 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.
Part of: Print from part 2 of the series Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. The 72 artist portraits were made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz, Stock, and Robert de Baudouin.
Museums and Libraries: Rijksmuseum RP-P-1907-358.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the collection of the Rijksmuseum.