Jan van Amstel

1572 and 1610

On the left is a portrait of Jan van Amstel 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 van Amstel
Engraving
Inscribed IH.W., attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572
Jan van Amstel
Engraving
Signed ‘Hh ex.’ by Hendrick Hondius
Copy in reverse direction as Cock 1572 engraved Pictorum
20.1 x 12.3 cm


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