Hondius, Hendick I (1573-ca. 1649)
[Antique print, etching and engraving] [16] Joos van Cleve (Pictorum aliquot celebrium, præcipué Germaniæ Inferioris, effigies; series title), published 1610, 1 p.
Portrait of Joos van Cleve wearing a hat. In the background to the right a palette hanging from a wall. 16th plate of the series, I part. Monogrammed on the palette: ‘Hh.’ Inscription on the bottom: ‘IUSTO CLIVENSI ANVERPIAN PICTORI. / Nostra nec artifices inter te Musa silebit / Belgas, picturae non leve, Iuste, decus. / Quam propria, nati tam felix arte fuisses ;/ Mansisset sanum si misero cerebrum.’ Mirrored and expanded version of the portrait attributed to Wieerix in 1572 Cock’s edition. On the verso collector’s mark UM, possibly Utrecht Museum (?)
€ 102,85 (€ 85,00 ex. btw)