Tommaso Francesco of Savoy, Prince of Carignano
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Antwerp, Belgium (published)
- Date:
early 17th century (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Pontius, Paulus, born 1603 - died 1658 (engraver)
Gillis Hendrick (publisher)
Anthony Van Dyck, born 1599 - died 1641 (after, artist) - Materials and Techniques:
Engraving
- Credit Line:
Given by Edgar Seligman
- Museum number:
E.3266-1960
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case PS, shelf 36
Physical description
Print, three-quarter-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right, wearing armour, holding a baton and standing beside a table on which is place a helmet. In the left background is drapery.
Place of Origin
Antwerp, Belgium (published)
Date
early 17th century (published)
Artist/maker
Pontius, Paulus, born 1603 - died 1658 (engraver)
Gillis Hendrick (publisher)
Anthony Van Dyck, born 1599 - died 1641 (after, artist)
Materials and Techniques
Engraving
Marks and inscriptions
'hanc eiusdem ad Vivum expressam sconem D.D.D. Car. Vanderstock Cum privil. Ant. van Dijck pinxit. Paulus Pontius sculpsit. Gillis Hendrick excudit Antv.'
Dimensions
Height: 40.3 cm, Width: 29.2 cm
Descriptive line
Print, portrait of Tommaso Francesco of Savoy, Prince of Carignano, engraving by Paulus Pontius after Anthony Van Dyck, early 17th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
The full text of the entry is as follows:
‘PONTIUS, Paul (1603-1658) […]
Francesco Tommaso of Savoy, Prince of Carignano (1596-1656). Portrait, three-quarter-length, facing slightly right, in armour, holding a truncheon, standing beside a table upon which is a helmet. In the background to the left is drapery. Plate from the ‘Iconography’ of Van Dyck. (Le B.119, Wibral 163. Both 2nd state; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 163, 3rd state)
Lettered with name and titles of sitter etc. and hanc eiusdem ad Vivum expressam sconem D.D.D. Car. Vanderstock Cum privil. Ant. van Dijck pinxit. Paulus Pontius sculpsit. Gillis Hendrick excudit Antv. With the mark of the collection of Thomas Danson [Not in Lugt].
Engraving. Cut to 40.3 x 29.2 cm.
E.3266-1960’
Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris. É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
Wibiral, Franz. L'Iconographie d'Antoine van Dyck d'après les recherches de H. Weber. Leipzig: A. Danz, 1877.
Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. L’Iconographie d’Antoine Van Dyck. Brussels: Bibliothèque Royale Albert, 1991.
Techniques
Engraving
Subjects depicted
Armour; Helmet; Officer; Baton; Commander; Tommaso Francesco of Savoy
Categories
Portraits; Royalty; Prints
Collection code
PDP
