Author: Hondius, Hendick I (1573-ca. 1649)
Title: [Antique print, etching and engraving, 1610] [21] Lucae Gasselo Helmontano Pictori (Pictorum aliquot celebrium, præcipué Germaniæ Inferioris, effigies; series title), 1 p.
Description: Portrait of Lucas Gassel wearing a hat. In the background to the right a coat of arm is hanging from the wall. 21st plate of the series; I part. Without monogram Hh. ex in the left background: 'Hh. ex.' Inscription on the bottom: 'LUCÆ GASSELO HELMONTANO PICTORI. / Salve omnes, Luca, ante alios carissime quondam / Nec levius proprio culte parente mihi. / Quippe mihi primus graphices datus auctor amandae / Dum pingis docta rura, casasque manu. / Par arte probitasque tuae, candorque, bonorum / Et quicquid mentes ducere amore potest. / Ergo fama tuae virtutis, et artis in aevum / Vivat, utroque mihi nomine amate senex'. In same direction as Cock 1572. Engraving trimmed to plate mark, total: 200 x 120mm; Hollstein 143; New Hollstein (Hondius) 102. hole on the sleeve of the painter and in the region of the text.

Keywords: Artist portraits|Portraits