Author: Nicolaas Verkolie (1673-1746), after Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719)
Title: Antique print, mezzotint | Portrait of Jacob Moelaert (1649-c. 1727), published ca. 1740, 1 p.
Description: Portrait of Jacob Moelaert (1649-c. 1727) dilettante painter, art collector schilder, pupil of Nicolaes Maes; history and portrait painter. Here the artist is portrayed at a window with an opened album of prints and drawings in front of him, holding a large print in his hands. A skull resting on the window still beside him. Hanging on the wall in the background paintings and tools for painting and printing.Inscription at the bottom by Jakob Zeeus; signed on the bottom left: 'A. Houbraken Inv.' and on the bottom right: 'N. Verkolje fecit'.[NL] De portretschilder en kunstverzamelaar Jacob Moelaert staat voor een venster en toont een prent uit een album. De kamer waarin hij staat is gevuld met kunstobjecten en schildersattributen. Mezzotint on paper with some margin; plate mark: 261 x 190 mm, total: 281 x 206 mm; state III/3; on the verso traces of previous mounting; in good conditions; Wurzbach 6, Nagler 1, Muller 3667

Keywords: Artist portraits|Portraits