Icones principum virorum doctorum, pictorum, chalcographorum, statuariorum, nec non amatorum pictoriae artis numero centum / ab Antonio van Dyck pictore ad viuum expressae eiusq[ue] sumptibus aeri incisae.
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Icones principum virorum doctorum, pictorum, chalcographorum, statuariorum, nec non amatorum pictoriae artis numero centum / ab Antonio van Dyck pictore ad viuum expressae eiusq[ue] sumptibus aeri incisae.
Created/published
Antuerpiae : Gillis Hendricx excudit, [17th century]
Description
[133] leaves : portrait
Associated name
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641, illustrator.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Fondo Cicognara (Biblioteca apostolica vaticana)
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Fondo Cicognara (Biblioteca apostolica vaticana)
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Place of creation/publication
Belgium.
Item Details
Call number
ART Flat d15
Folger-specific note
Sotheby's catalog description: ICONES PRINCIPIUM VIRORUM DOCTORUM PICTORUM CHALCOGRAPHORUM STATUARIORUM NEC NON AMATORUM PICTORIAE ARTIS NUMERO CENTUM AB ANTONIO VAN DYCK PICTORE AD VIVUM EXPRESSAE. ANTWERP: GILLIS HENDRICX, [C. 1660-1690] Folio (18 1/4 x 13 1/2; 464 x 343 mm). Engraved title incorporating a bust portrait of van Dyck engraved by Jacob Neefs, 108 fine portraits after van Dyck engraved by Paulus de Pont, Luc Vorsterman, Gillis Hendricx, Pieter de Jode, Nicolaes Lauwers, Robert van Voerst, Scheltius van Bolswert, Cornelis Galle, Andreas Stock, Willem Hondius, and others; title and first three plates creased in left margin not affecting images, minimal marginal soiling. Contemporary English black morocco, spine gilt in eight compartments, covers elaborately gilt with border of repeated arches, edges gilt, marbled endpapers; some wear at edges. Half red morocco gilt clamshell case [removed to old housing collection on 2019-12-17]. Sotheby's literature note: Hofer, Baroque Book Illustrations 132 Sotheby's catalog note: From the Library of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), Master of the Revels to Charles II, with his monogram stamp, dated in ink "1695," in right margin of title. For a binding with a similar border of repeated arches, compare H. Jaillot, Atlas nouveau, Paris 1689, in a binding attributed to the Barlow's Aesop Binder (H. M. Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings, 1972, no. 100). Sotheby's provenance note: Narcissus Luttrell (monogram stamp in margin of title and inscription, 1695), by descent to his great-nephew-- Luttrell Wynne, by descent to E. W. Wynne Pendarves (his sale, Sotheby's London, 4 May 1936, lot 210), Sotheby's London, 21 June 1990, lot 42. acquisition: from Bernard Quaritch, 1991. Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2-4 December 2015, lot 977 Chosen to mark the occasion of Julie Ainsworth’s retirement as Head of Photography and Digital Imaging, Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018.
Folger accession
269363