Engraving
Attributed to Hendrick Hondius
Copy in reverse direction to Cock 1572 engraved Pictorum

19.6 x 12.4cm

Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]:

MATTHIÆ COCO ANVERPIAN. PICTORI. HIERONYMI FRATRI.  
Tu quoque, Matthia, sic pingere rura sciebas,
     Ut tibi vix dederint tempora nostra parem.
Ergo, quod artifices inter spectaris et ipse,
     Quos immortalis¹ Belgica laude colit ;
Non in te pietas tantem²  fraterna, sed arti
     Efficit et merito laus tribuenda tuae.

Translation of Inscription [Lampsonius]:

To Matthias Cock of Antwerp, painter, brother of Hieronymus.
You too, Matthias, knew how to paint fields in such a way, that our age has scarcely produced your equal.  Therefore, if you too are considered among the artists whom Belgium honours with immortal³ praise, not only⁴ fraternal piety grants this to you, but also the praise justly due to your skill.

Hollstein 1994 no.95

Karel Van Mander’s biography of Mathys Cock
Grove Art Online biography

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1. sic. see note 3.
2. sic. see note 4.
3. Reading Lampsonius’ “immortali” for Hondius’ “immortalis”.  With the latter reading, one would translate “whom Belgium honours with praise [as] immortals”.
4. Reading Lampsonius “tantum” for Hondius “tantem” (?), which is not Latin.