Author: Hendrik Hondius I (1573-1650)
Title: Two portrait engravings 1604 | Portrait of Ambrosius Blaurer and Paul Fagius, from the series: Icones virorum nostra patrumq. memoria Illustrium, 2 pp.
Description: Two portraits of 'beroemde hervormers', series title: Icones virorum nostra patrumq. memoria Illustrium, made in 1599 by Hendrick Hondius.1) Portrait of Ambrosius Blaurer, half length to right, wearing cap and gown; Latin letterpress on verso; signed in top right corner with 'H'. Buste naar rechts van Ambrosius Blaurer. Onder het portret zijn naam en vier regels in het Latijn. Prent uit (deel 1 van) de serie portretten van beroemde hervormers. Bookillustration in: Jacob Verheiden, Praestantium aliquot theologorum, qui rom. antichristum praecipue oppugnarunt, effigies, Den Haag Hendrick Hondius I en Den Haag, B.C. Nieulandt 1602-1603. As well as Arnhem, J.Jansen 1604. This print has text on the back in Dutch and is therefore a bookillustration.2) Portrait of Paulus Fagius signed in top right corner with 'HB'. Buste naar rechts van Paul Fagius. Onder het portret zijn naam en vier regels in het Latijn. Prent uit (deel 1 van) de serie portretten van beroemde hervormers. No text on the back, with text in ink on the right bottom corner. Paul Fagius was a Hebrew lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a priest in Isny im Allgäu. Professor of Old Testament studies at the University of Strasbourg, protestant reformer, scholar of Biblical Hebrew. Two engravings on laid paper. Blaurerus 200 x 150 mm. In good condition except for some folds on the lower corners. Fagius 185 x 145 mm. Small crease on the right bottom edge, some stains but further in good condition. Both engravings mounted on a bigger sheet of paper, total 220 x 340 mm. Verso text in letterpress.
Keywords: Portraits|Theology
Title: Two portrait engravings 1604 | Portrait of Ambrosius Blaurer and Paul Fagius, from the series: Icones virorum nostra patrumq. memoria Illustrium, 2 pp.
Description: Two portraits of 'beroemde hervormers', series title: Icones virorum nostra patrumq. memoria Illustrium, made in 1599 by Hendrick Hondius.1) Portrait of Ambrosius Blaurer, half length to right, wearing cap and gown; Latin letterpress on verso; signed in top right corner with 'H'. Buste naar rechts van Ambrosius Blaurer. Onder het portret zijn naam en vier regels in het Latijn. Prent uit (deel 1 van) de serie portretten van beroemde hervormers. Bookillustration in: Jacob Verheiden, Praestantium aliquot theologorum, qui rom. antichristum praecipue oppugnarunt, effigies, Den Haag Hendrick Hondius I en Den Haag, B.C. Nieulandt 1602-1603. As well as Arnhem, J.Jansen 1604. This print has text on the back in Dutch and is therefore a bookillustration.2) Portrait of Paulus Fagius signed in top right corner with 'HB'. Buste naar rechts van Paul Fagius. Onder het portret zijn naam en vier regels in het Latijn. Prent uit (deel 1 van) de serie portretten van beroemde hervormers. No text on the back, with text in ink on the right bottom corner. Paul Fagius was a Hebrew lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a priest in Isny im Allgäu. Professor of Old Testament studies at the University of Strasbourg, protestant reformer, scholar of Biblical Hebrew. Two engravings on laid paper. Blaurerus 200 x 150 mm. In good condition except for some folds on the lower corners. Fagius 185 x 145 mm. Small crease on the right bottom edge, some stains but further in good condition. Both engravings mounted on a bigger sheet of paper, total 220 x 340 mm. Verso text in letterpress.
Keywords: Portraits|Theology
Price: EUR 145.20 = appr. US$ 157.81 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: 67393
- Book number: 67393