Items Similar to Portrait of Carlos de Colonna, Marques de la Espinar
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2
Paulus PontiusPortrait of Carlos de Colonna, Marques de la Espinarcirca 1650
circa 1650
About the Item
(after Anthonie Van Dyck) Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom right corner, paper tape along top edge on recto. A very well inked impression.
__________Flemish painter and engraver Paulus Pontius was born in Antwerp in 1603, and it was in this city that his full life would unfold. At the young age of 13, he was apprenticed to the still life painter Osias Beert, and subsequently to Lucas Vosterman, who was heavily associated with the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens. Vosterman trained Pontius in the skill of engraving, which he took to immediately, finding he had great skill at recreating paintings. Pontius was able to capture the minutiae of light and shadow found on the canvas, and mastered the ability to accurately render the subtleties of brushwork in this alternate media. His success as an engraver cemented his role in the workshop of Rubens, and in 1624, when Vosterman found himself at odds with Rubens, and left Antwerp for England, Pontius assumed his role as foremost engraver in the workshop. It was in this year that Pontius took up lodgings in Rubens's home, and continued to live there until 1631, when courtship and marriage (the first of three) brought him away. After the death of Rubens in 1640, Pontius embarked on a very successful career engraving reproductions of master works by artists including Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Pieter van Avont, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Anselm van Hulle, Frans Luycx, Titian and Velázquez, among others. At the time of his death in 1658, Pontius had been admitted as a Master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke, had engraved 42 plates after Rubens, 32 plates by Van Dyck (including a portrait of himself), and was father to seven children. Many of his portrait engravings were widely published during his lifetime, including in van Dyck's Iconography (Antwerp, c. 1632–44), Johannes Meyssens' Images de divers hommes, and Anselm van Hulle's Icones legatorum (Antwerp, 1648).
- Creator:Paulus Pontius (1603 - 1658, Flemish)
- Creation Year:circa 1650
- Dimensions:Height: 9.25 in (23.5 cm)Width: 6.38 in (16.21 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:Mid-17th Century
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Middletown, NY
- Reference Number:
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 2004
1stDibs seller since 2022
29 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 12 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Middletown, NY
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 30 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Portrait of Marquard Freher, aged forty-nineBy Aegidius SadelerLocated in Middletown, NYEngraving on hand made laid paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 148 mm), thread margins. An approximately 1-inch vertical repaired tear extends into the image area at the top center ...Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsHandmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
- The Spectacle SellerBy Adriaen Jansz van OstadeLocated in Middletown, NYEtching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the pl...Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching, Laid Paper, Drypoint
- Louis XI, Roi de FranceBy Jean MorinLocated in Middletown, NYEtching, engraving and stippling on cream laid paper with an indiscernible watermark in the sheet center, 11 15/16 x 8 3/16 inches (302 x 207 mm), trimmed at the plate mark. A very g...Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsLaid Paper, Engraving, Etching
- Court wrestlers of the Sultan of Turkey-dressed for outdoors, resting and fightiLocated in Middletown, NYBruyn, Abraham de (after). Court wrestlers of the Sultan of Turkey-dressed for outdoors, resting and fighting. 1577. Engraving on hand made laid paper, 10 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (268 x 1...Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsHandmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
- Carolus de Mallery, by Lucas Vorsetman the Elder after van DyckBy Rembrandt van RijnLocated in Middletown, NYAn exalted portrait of fellow Flemish engraver and publisher Karel van Mallery. Lucas Vorsterman the Elder (after Anthony van Dyck). Carolus de Mallery, from Icones Principum Viror...Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsLaid Paper, Engraving, Etching
- Cainus fratri necem molitur (Cain kills his brother), Plate I from Battles fromBy Antonio TempestaLocated in Middletown, NYEngraving on cream laid paper with a foolscap watermark, 11 1/4 x 8 inches (282 x 203 mm), thread margins. Scattered expert repairs including minor pulp patches, minor rubbing and o...Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
MaterialsLaid Paper, Engraving
You May Also Like
- Old Master French Noblemen Engraving by Crispin de PasseBy Crispin De PasseLocated in Larchmont, NYCrispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670) Untitled (French Noblemen on Horseback), c. 1620-1660 Engraving Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in. Inscribed in p...Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- Crispin de Passe Engraving of the Grand Écuyer (Squire) of FranceBy Crispin De PasseLocated in Larchmont, NYCrispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670) Grand Écuyer de France or Grand Squire of France, c. 1620-1660 Engraving Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in. Crisp...Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- Old Master Royal Stallion Engraving by Crispin de PasseBy Crispin De PasseLocated in Larchmont, NYCrispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670) Untitled (Royal Stallion), c. 1620-1660 Engraving Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in. Inscribed in plate: Le Bonit...Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- 'Portrait of Henrico van der Borcht, ' original W. Hollar engraving after HolbeinBy Wenceslaus HollarLocated in Milwaukee, WIIn this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of D. Henrico van der Borcht, copying a painting or drawing by Hans Holbein. Copying works of famous masters was a common task of...Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- 'Portrait of M. Morett, ' original Wenceslaus Hollar engraving after Hans HolbeinBy Wenceslaus HollarLocated in Milwaukee, WIIn this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of Charles de Solier, comte de Morette, copying a painting and a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger - both of which are kept in ...Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- 'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans HolbeinBy Wenceslaus HollarLocated in Milwaukee, WIIn this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of an unidentified woman, copying a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger. The identity of the sitter is a mystery: formerly, the portrait was believed to be of Catherine of Aragon, and the National Portrait Gallery in London identifies her as Queen Mary I...Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
MaterialsEngraving
