Portrait of Hendrik van der Borcht
Maker
Hendrik van der, the younger Borcht (artist)
1614-1690
(engraver)
1607-1677
(publisher)
1612-1670
1614-1690
(engraver)
1607-1677
(publisher)
1612-1670
Title
Portrait of Hendrik van der Borcht
Date of Production
1650
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.9 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2951.17
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: "42 HENRY VAN DER BORCHT, // De Brusselles ou il naquit l'an 1583, d'ou il fut, emmene en Allemaigne par les troubles l'an 1586, et apres il at appris la Peinture Chez Gilles de Valckenborgh, // Estant retourne d'Italie il a demeure a Franckendael iusques en l'an 1627 quil est // venu demeurer a Francfort au Palatinat, estant aussi un amateur admirable de // tout forte de raretez et antiquitez auisy, que le Conte d'Arondell le Cherischoit // pour les rares pieces et Curiositez quil auoit en de luy, tant en Medalles que Peintu, // res et autre sortes d'Antiquitez, // Henricus van der Borcht iunior pinxit, W: Hollar fecit 1650, Ioannes Meyssens excudit".
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