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André Cantelmo

Print
1643 (published)
Artist/Maker
Paulus Pontius (engraver)
Paulus Pontius (publisher)
Michaelina Woutiers (artist)
Place of origin
Belgium (published)

Print, half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left and wearing armour, a helmet on a table at right. In the left background is a portico and beyond is besieged city. The whole surrounded by an arched frame surmounted by a phoenix and with a panoramic landscape with troops in each spandrel.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleAndré Cantelmo (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of André Cantelmo, engraving by Paulus Pontius after Michaelina Woutiers, 1643.
Physical description
Print, half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left and wearing armour, a helmet on a table at right. In the left background is a portico and beyond is besieged city. The whole surrounded by an arched frame surmounted by a phoenix and with a panoramic landscape with troops in each spandrel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.3cm
  • Width: 29.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
Flemish School
Marks and inscriptions
'A Rege Scotiae Duncano…Quanto Major Tanto Modestior / Michaelina Woutiers pinxit Paull. Pontius fecit exc. et Excelltiae. Suae Lub. Mer. Dedicavit. 1643. Cum privilegio.' (Lettered with name if sitter, 12 lines of verse)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Soldiers
Portico
Phoenix
Landscape
Helmet
Armour
André Cantelmo
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris. É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue de la collection des portraits français. Paris: G. Rapilly, 1896-1911. 7 v.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3279-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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