Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish; British, 1599-1641) painter, a pupil of Rubens; in Italy (1621-26) then from 1632 mainly in England where he was knighted by Charles I.
Etcher: Anthony van Dyck.
Engraver: Paulus Pontius (Flemish, 1603-1658) engraver. Pupil of Lucas Vorsterman the elder; worked in Antwerp with Rubens and van Dyck. Succeeded Vorsterman in Rubens' studio in 1624.
Etcher and engraver: Lucas Vorsterman I (Flemish,1595-1675), engraver, etcher, draughtsman, and publisher, the finest in Rubens school; broke with Rubens mid-1622 and left the latter's studio after a row. Came to London in 1624, returned to Antwerp via Paris in 1630, and went blind in the 1650s. Teacher of Paulus Pontius.
Title: Joannes Vanden Wouwer. Joannes Woverius (1576-1636), the Latinized name of Jan van den Wouwer, was a civic and royal office-holder in the Spanish Netherlands.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: Lettered below the portrait, in three lines of Latin: "Dominvs Ioannes Vanden Wovwer / Eq. Toparcha Quenastæ Regi Catholico Belli, et / Supremi Ærarii in Belgio a Consiliis." Lettered in lower margin with production details: "Anton. van Dÿck pinxit" and "Paul Pontius sculpsit.". Lettered within the image at the top right: "Ætatis suæ LVIII. / Ao M.DC. XXXII."
Dimensions: Platemark 9 3/8" x 6 1/4" Sheet 15" x 9 1/2."
Date: 1630-1641.
Materials and Techniques: engraving and etching on laid paper.
Watermark: yes
Mat and Frame: Matted (removable). Foxing to the mat.
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: horizontal crease (smoothed out). Wide margins, cleaned, white paper. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Series: Icones Principum Virorum.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1888,0612.4.
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.
- The portrait is based on Van Dyck's painting, now kept in the Pushkin Museum of Art in Moscow.