Quentin Matsys – side by side

1572 and 1610

On the left is a portrait of Quentin Matsys 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

Quentin Matsys
Engraving
Inscribed IH.W., attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1572
Quentin Matsys
Engraving
Signed ‘Hh ex.’ by Hendrick Hondius
Copy in same direction as Cock 1572 engraved Pictorum
20.4 x 12.0 cm


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