Engraving by Andries Jacobsz. Stock (Orensrtein 1996, 268)
Signed ‘Hh excudit’ by Hendrick Hondius
202 x 12.1 cm
Transcription of Inscription:
ÆGIDIUS CONINCXLOY, ANTVERPIAN. PICTOR.
Pingere rura, lacus, silvas, animalcula, fontes
Cura tibi. pascunt mirificé haec oculos.
Te duce nunc pingunt alii campósque lacúsque :
Te Fauni, Nymphae, te Dryadésque canunt.
Translation of Inscription:
Gillis Coninxloo of Antwerp, painter
Your concern was to paint fields, lakes, small animals and fountains. These things nourish 1 the eyes wonderfully. By your example, now others paint fields and lakes: the Fauns, the Nymphs and the Dryads sing of you.
Orenstein 1996, Stock no. 268
Karel Van Mander’s biography of Gillis Coninxloo
Grove Art Online biography
Footnotes:
- “pascunt … oculos” – the same expression in the text for Floris van Dijk.
