Author: Hondius, Hendick I (1573-ca. 1649)
Title: [Antique print, etching and engraving] [11] Jan van Amstel (Pictorum aliquot celebrium, præcipué Germaniæ Inferioris, effigies; series title), published 1610, 1 p.
Description: Portrait of Jan van Amstel wearing a cap while holding a glove in his hand. 11th plate of the series; I part. Monogrammed on the bottom right: 'Hh ex.' Inscription on the bottom: 'DE JOANNE HOLLANDO, ANVERPIANO PICT : / Propria Belgarum laus est bene pingere rura : / Ausoniorum, homines pingere, sine deos. / Nec mirum in capite Ausonius, sed Belga cerebrum / Non temere in guava fertur habere manu. / Maluit ergo manus Jani bene pingere rura / Quam caput, aut homines, aut male scire deos.' Copy in reverse direction as Cock 1572. On the verso collector's mark: Wolfgang von Wurzbach-Tannenberg, L. 2587a. Engraving trimmed on plate mark; total: 203 x 126; Hollstein 133; New Hollstein (Hondius) 92

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