85. Cornelius Visscher - Picturing the Netherlandish Canon

Engraving by Robert de Baudous (Orenstein 1996, 42)
Signed ‘Hh form.’ by Hendrick Hondius
20.6 x 12.2 cm

Transcription of Inscription:
CORNELIUS VISSHERUS, GOUDAN.
Postremos inter non est Vischerus habendus,
Austriaci, Auriaci clarus imaginibus.
Principis exemplar cum quaerant undique vestrum
Pictores : Magno magnus es Auriaco.

Translation of Inscription:
Cornelius Visscher of Gouda

Visscher, famous for images of the Hanoverian and the [Prince] of Orange, is not to be counted among the least. Since painters from everywhere seek your¹ image of the prince, you are great by the great [Prince of] Orange.

Orenstein 1996, Baudous no. 42
Grove Art Online biography

Footnotes:

This for “vestrum”, which indicates a plural “you”. Unless more than one person is responsible for the image, this usage is bad Latin.

Artist Tags: 1610 Hondius Pictorum, Artists with tools of their trade (not including sheet or rolls of paper), Only in the Hondius Pictorum, Prints in Part Two, Rulers and Patrons and Vocative.