Portrait of Robert van Voerst
Print
ca. 1855 (printed), 1848 (engraved), 1631-1637 (made)
ca. 1855 (printed), 1848 (engraved), 1631-1637 (made)
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Engraving of van Dyck's portrait of the engraver Robert van Voerst, showing him dressed in an outfit with a large collar and folds of cloth gathered in his arms, and holding a scroll in his right hand.
Object details
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| Title | Portrait of Robert van Voerst (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etched in the crayon manner and printed in black |
| Brief description | Engraving, 'Portrait of Robert van Voerst', Alphonse Masson after Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1855 |
| Physical description | Engraving of van Dyck's portrait of the engraver Robert van Voerst, showing him dressed in an outfit with a large collar and folds of cloth gathered in his arms, and holding a scroll in his right hand. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A. Vandick. Alp Masson. 1848. |
| Credit line | Purchased from the Louvre Museum |
| Object history | The copperplates are preserved in the Chalcographie du Louvre, Paris. The National Art Library purchased 4327 prints from the Chalcographie in 1855, which have since been transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings. This portrait of the engraver Robert van Voerst was created for Anthony van Dyck's Iconography, in the folio of 'Artists and Patrons'. The original plate was cut by van Voerst himself after van Dyck's design. The Louvre acquired the 126 plates of the Iconography in the 1840s and some copies of the plates seem to have been made, such as this one from 1848. The fact that it is a mirror image of the original suggests that it was copied from a print. |
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| Accession number | E.5503-1958 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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