Beschreibung:

[Flemish] VORSTERMAN, Lucas I. After Anthony Van Dyck Portrait of Nicolaas Rockox. Antwerp, Lucas Vorsterman 1630-Engraving, x cm, laid paper with watermark of (Fleur-de-lis: Briquet 7210), signed in upper right corner "A. Van Dyck pinxit / L. Vorsterman sculp. et exc." (sm. tears at lower corners, sl. toning). Portrait of Nicholaas Rockox in three-quarter length, turned to left but face slightly turned to face viewer. He is wearing a ruff and a fur-lined coat while seated in the room with a view of Antwerp in background. Related to a painting by Van Dyck, now in The State Hermitage Museum (St Petersburg). Third state (of before lettering in lower margin, but with signature and address in upper right corner. Very good dark impression, without any mentionable flaws. Ref. New Hollstein (Van Dyck), 496.