Author: Johannes Lutma II (1624-1685)
Title: [Antique print, engraving] J VONDELIUS (dichter Joost van den Vondel), published ca. 1681.
Description: Portrait of the poet Joost van den Vondel. Portrait bust of a balding man with a small beard, seen in profile and facing right, bust placed on a base decorated with a hissing swan, a lyre behind the bust at left; bust placed in an arched nicheInscribed: 'OMNI BUS / J. VONDELIUS' and around the swan: 'OLOR BATAVUS.'Signed  on the pedestal: “OPUS MALLEI PER J LUTMA.” Stipple engraving on paper, with margins; plate mark: 268 x 210 mm, total: 346 x 274 mm; state II/2; some smudges, otherwise in very good condition. Hollstein 8, Wurzbach 5, Rovinsky 51, Muller 5801.

Keywords: Early printings|Literature|Portraits|sculpture