Quentin Matsys (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Inscribed IH.W., attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: QUINTINUS MESIUS. ANVER:PIANUS PICTOR. Ante faber fueram Cyclopeus ; ast ubi mecum Ex aequo pictor coepit amare procus : Seque graves tuditum tonitrus postferre silenti Peniculo obiecit cauta puella mihi : Pictorem me fecit amor. tudes innuit illud Exiguus,… Continue Reading Quentin Matsys (The 1572 Pictorum)
Lucas van Leyden (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: LUCÆ LEIDANCO PICTORI, Tu quoque Durero non par, sed proxime, Luca, Seu tabulas pingis, seu formas sculpis ahenas, Ectypa reddentes tenui miranda papyro, Haud minimam in partem (si qua est ea gloria) nostrae Accede, et tecum natalis… Continue Reading Lucas van Leyden (The 1572 Pictorum)
Jan van Amstel (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Inscribed IH.W., attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: DE JOANNE HOLLANDO, ANVERPIANO PICT : Propria Belgarum laus est bene pingere rura : Ausoniorum, homines pingere, sive deos. Nec mirum in capite Ausonius, sed Belga cerebrum Non temere in gnava fertur habere manu. Maluit ergo manus Jani bene pingere rura Quam… Continue Reading Jan van Amstel (The 1572 Pictorum)
Joos van Cleve (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: IUSTO CLIVENSI ANVERPIAN PICTORI. Nostra nec artifices inter te Musa silebit Belgas, picturae non leve, Iuste, decus. Quam propria, nati tam felix arte fuisses ; Mansisset sanum si misero cerebrum. Translation of Inscription [Lampsonius]: To Joos van Cleve of Antwerp, painter. Our muse… Continue Reading Joos van Cleve (The 1572 Pictorum)
Mathys Cock (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. 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 immortali Belgica laude colit ; Non in te pietas tantum fraterna, sed arti Efficit et merito… Continue Reading Mathys Cock (The 1572 Pictorum)
Henri met de Bles (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: HENRICO BLESIO, BOVINATI, PICTORI. Pictorem urbs dederat Dionatum Eburonia, pictor Quem proximis dixit poeta versibus Illum adeo artificem patriae situs ipse, magistro Aptissimus, vix edocente fecerat. Hanc laudem invidit vicinae exile Bovinum, Et rura doctum pingere Henricum dedit Sed quantum cedit Dionato… Continue Reading Henri met de Bles (The 1572 Pictorum)
Jan Vermeyen (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Inscribed IH.W., attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: DE IOANNE MAIO, PICTORE. Quos homines, quae non Maius loca pinxit, et urbes Visendum late quicquid et Orbis habet ; Dum terra sequiturque mari te Carole Caesar Pingeret ut dextrae fortia facta tuae ; Quae mox Attalicis fulgerent aurea textis, … Continue Reading Jan Vermeyen (The 1572 Pictorum)
Pieter Coecke van Aelst (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Inscribed IH.W., attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: PETRO COECKE. ALOSTANO, PICTORI. Pictor eras nec eras tantûm, Petre, pictor ; Alostum Qui facis hac Orbi notius arte tuum : Multa sed accessit multo ars tibi parta labore, Cuius opus pulchras aedificare domos. Serlius hanc Italos ; tu, Serli deinde… Continue Reading Pieter Coecke van Aelst (The 1572 Pictorum)
Jan van Scorel (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: IOANNES SCORELLUS BATAVUS PICTOR. Primus ego egregios pictura invisere Romam Exemplo docuisse meo per secula Belgas Cuncta ferar ; neque enim iusti dignandus honore Artificis, qui non graphidas, pigmentaque mille Consumpsit, tabulasque schola depinxit illa Translation of Inscription [Lampsonius]: Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter. Through… Continue Reading Jan van Scorel (The 1572 Pictorum)
Lambert Lombard (The 1572 Pictorum)
Engraving Inscribed W.I., attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572. Transcription of Inscription [Lampsonius]: LAMBERTO LOMBARDO, LEODIENSIS PICTORI. ET ARCHITECTO. Elogium, ex merito quod te, Lombarde, decebat, Non libet hîc paucis texere versiculis : Continet hoc ea charta (legi si nostra merentur) De te quam fecit Λαμψονίοτε γραφίς Translation of Inscription [Lampsonius]: To Lambert Lombard… Continue Reading Lambert Lombard (The 1572 Pictorum)