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1959

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Print, Portrait of Jan van der Wouwer, from the Icones Principum Virorum

This is a Print. It was print maker: Paulus Pontius and after Anthony van Dyck. It is dated 1660 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching on paper in black ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 23.6 × 15.6 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.) 27.7 × 19.2 cm (10 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower margin: "Dominus Joannes van der Wouwer... Belgio a Consilus" Lower left: "Anton van Dyck pinxit" Lower right: "Paul Pontius sculpsit"

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Jan van der Wouwer, from the Icones Principum Virorum; Print Maker: Paulus Pontius (Flemish, 1603 - 1658); After Anthony van Dyck (Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641); Netherlands; etching on paper in black ink; Platemark: 23.6 × 15.6 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.) 27.7 × 19.2 cm (10 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-21

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