Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)

1572 and 1610

On the left is a portrait of Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse, from the series Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germaniae inferioris effigies published in 1572.  On the right is the re-engraved copy of the portrait published in Hendrick Hondius’s 1610 Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipuae Germaniae inferioris effigies

Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse
Engraving
Attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572
Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse
Engraving, second state
Signed ‘Hh ex.’ by Hendrick Hondius
Copy in reverse direction as Cock 1572 engraved Pictorum
20.9 x 12.2 cm


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