Cock, Hieronymus [after.]; Galle, Theodoor. (engrav.).

Henrico Blesio Bovinati Pictori, plate 14 [Portrait of Herri met de Bles].

Antwerp: Theodoor Galle, [1600]. Copper engraving. 13.5 cm x 24 cm. Unbound sheet. Very good. Half-length black and white portrait of painter Herri met de Bies with owl and niche on right side. Minor creasing on lower right corner. Inscription topside reads: “Bubonem pro nota tabulis suis appinxit, vixitq3 circa an. 1550.” Eight lines of description lettered in Latin in lower margin: “Pictorem vrbs dederat Dionatum Eburonia, pictor Quem proximis dixit poeta veribus...”Additional text at bottom reads: “Th. Galle excud.” and “Dom. Lampsonius.” Illustration included in Dominicus Lampsonius’ book “Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germaniae inferioris effigies” in 1572. Latine scripsit. Item #19-8531

Price: $50.00