Author: Bry, Jan Theodor de (1561-1623), after Boissard, Robert (c.1570-1601)
Title: IANUS DUZA... (portrait of Janus Dousa)
Description: Portrait of Lord of Noordwyck Janus Dousa (Jan van der Does), bust-length, turned to the left with book in left hand, under arch supported by pillars; illustration to Boissard's 'Icones Virorum Illustrium' (Frankfurt: De Bry, 1597-99), vol. IV. Inscription on the arched top: 'IANUS DUZA Dominus a Nortwick Poeta et Orator.'; monogram on the right of Boissard; on the bottom left: 'Nasc. in / A°/ Ob / A°'; on the bottom: 'Nobilitas cuj doccta placet, cuj nobile Carmen / Jngenium Duza nobile semper amat'. l Engraving on paper, very small margins, pasted on another leaf; total: 145 x 111 mm; State I/2

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