Portrait of Lucas Gassel
Maker
(artist)
ca. 1500-1570 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1553-1619
(publisher)
1571-1633
(author)
1532-1599
ca. 1500-1570 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1553-1619
(publisher)
1571-1633
(author)
1532-1599
Title
Portrait of Lucas Gassel
Date of Production
1572
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 22 cm
Width: 12.2 cm
Width: 12.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2952.22
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
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge within image, black ink: ".IHW. Vixit et obijt Bruxellis circa an. 1560. // 21."; lower centre, black ink: "LVCAE GASSELIO HELMONTANO // PICTORI. // Salue omnes, Luca, ante alios cariSime quondam, // Nec leuius proprio culte parente mihi. // Quippe mihi primus graphices datus auctor amandae, // Dum pingis docta rura casasque manu. // Par arti probitasque tuae, candorique, bonorum // Et quicquid mentes ducere amore potest. // Ergo fama tuae virtutis, et artis in aeuum // Vivat vtroque mihi nomine amate sensex. Th. Galle excud. Dom Lampsonius amico posuit.". Mount, Recto: lower centre, black ink: "T. GALLE".
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