GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Plaques de cuivre – Collection E.S. – Koperplaten – Verzameling E.S.
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ZANGRIUS, Jan Baptist - Portrait of Archduke Albert of
Austria (1559-1621). Leuven, 1601.
16 x 11 cm, sign. «Io. Bapt. Zangrius excud. Lovanii».
300 / 400 €
620
ZANGRIUS, Jan Baptist - Portrait of Justus Lipsius (1547-
1606). Leuven, 1601.
15,6 x 11 cm, sign. «Io. Baptista Zangrius fe.».
450 / 650 €
Fine bust portrait seen in three-quarter profile from the left in a large oval
medallion, with the inscription: «Albertus Dei gratia Archidux Austriae Dux
Burgundiae Brabantiae etc. anno 1601» and at bottom a caption with a quatrain
in Latin.
Bust portrait in an oval medallion with inscriptions: «Moribus antiquis» and
«V.C. Iustus Lipsius historiographus regius et professor aetatis anno LIIII». In the
corners, 4 small emblematic medallions with figures and inscriptions evoking his
work: «Contantia», «Politica», «Militia», «Historia». Below, a caption: «Caetera
conveniunt emblemata: defuit unum. / Phoenica: sculptor, addere debueras.
/ Adde igitur Phoenica, (nisi si pingere solem / Mauis) Lipsiadae tum dabis
effigiem».
Ref. Rijksmuseum RP-P-1893-A-17914 (issue without the inscription «Moribus
antiquis»).
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