Hendick Hondius (9 results)

Portrait of Lucas Gassel wearing a hat. In the background to the right a coat of arm is hanging from the wall. 21st plate of the series; I part. Without monogram Hh. ex in the left background: 'Hh. ex.' Inscription on the bottom: 'LUCĘ GASSELO HELMONTANO PICTORI. / Salve omnes, Luca, ante alios carissime quondam / Nec levius proprio culte parente mihi. / Quippe mihi primus graphices datus auctor amandae / Dum pingis docta rura, casasque manu. / Par arte probitasque tuae, candorque, bonorum / Et quicquid mentes ducere amore potest. / Ergo fama tuae virtutis, et artis in aevum / Vivat, utroque mihi nomine amate senex'. In same direction as Cock 1572. Engraving trimmed to plate mark, total: 200 x 120mm; Hollstein 143; New Hollstein (Hondius) 102. hole on the sleeve of the painter and in the region of the text.

[42] Arnoldus Mytenus Bruxell. (Pictorum aliquot celebrium, pręcipué Germanię Inferioris, effigies; series title). Portrait of Arnold Mytens with palette and brushes in his hand. 42nd plate of the series. Signed on the top left: 'Hh fec. Cum privilegio.' Inscription on the bottom: 'ARNOLDUS MYTENUS. BRUXELL. / Haerent parietibus monumenta ingentia sacris / Arnolde Italiae, que recreant animos. / Ornas Italiam : primśm te ornaverat illa. / Te Belgam laudans Itala terra colit.' Engraving trimmed to plate mark, damaged on right top corner; total: 198 x 119 mm; pasted on 18th century print; Hollstein 164; New Hollstein 109.

[36] Theod. Bernardi Amsteldamen (Pictorum aliquot celebrium, pręcipué Germanię Inferioris, effigies; series title). Portrait of Dirck Barendsz. Signed on the top right: 'Cum privil. Hh ex'. 36th plate of the series. Inscription on the bottom: 'THEOD. BERNARDI, AMSTELDEN. / Vir gravis et doctus, pictor clarissimus idem, / Titiani magni prodiit ipse scholā : / Usus et hic doctis, Algondo imprimis, et ipsa / Pictorum summo iudice Lampsonio.' Engraving trimmed to plate mark, total: 210 x 133 mm; margins enlarged on the back; Hollstein 158 New Hollstein 107.

Portrait of Pieter Aertsen. On the left a painting with the baptism of Christ. 27th plate of the series; II part. Signed on the bottom of the painting: 'Cum priv. Hh. fecit.' Inscription on the bottom: 'PETRUS PETRI, LONGUS, AMSTELR. / PICTOR. / Chromata mirantur docti, ductśsque viriles, / Et Tabulas magnas quas tua dextra dedit. / Corpore longus eras : et formans Corpora longa, / Tu, LONGE, ostendis magna placere tibi'. Engraving with margins, total: 241 x 165 mm; Hollstein 149; New Hollstein (Hondius) 105.

[38] Crispianus Broekius, Antverp. Pictor (Pictorum aliquot celebrium, pręcipué Germanię Inferioris, effigies; series title). Portrait of Crispijn van den Broeck in the act of drawing. In the background the painter's studio. 38th plate of the series. Signed on the right: 'Hh/ Cum priv.' Inscription on the bottom: 'CRISPIANUS BROEKIUS, ANTVERP. / PICTOR. / Inventor felix habitus, pictórque peritus / Tectonices: laudas quem ingeniose faber. / Corpora pingebat magnis expressa figuris / Ad vivum, quorum tegmina nulla vides'. Engraving with small margins; plate mark: 206 x 123; total: 212 x 127 mm; Hollstein 160, New Hollstein 108.

Portrait of Jan van Amstel wearing a cap while holding a glove in his hand. 11th plate of the series; I part. Monogrammed on the bottom right: 'Hh ex.' Inscription on the bottom: 'DE JOANNE HOLLANDO, ANVERPIANO PICT : / Propria Belgarum laus est bene pingere rura : / Ausoniorum, homines pingere, sine deos. / Nec mirum in capite Ausonius, sed Belga cerebrum / Non temere in guava fertur habere manu. / Maluit ergo manus Jani bene pingere rura / Quam caput, aut homines, aut male scire deos.' Copy in reverse direction as Cock 1572. On the verso collector's mark: Wolfgang von Wurzbach-Tannenberg, L. 2587a. Engraving trimmed on plate mark; total: 203 x 126; Hollstein 133; New Hollstein (Hondius) 92.

Portrait of Joos van Cleve wearing a hat. In the background to the right a palette hanging from a wall. 16th plate of the series, I part. Monogrammed on the palette: 'Hh.' Inscription on the bottom: '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.' Mirrored and expanded version of the portrait attributed to Wieerix in 1572 Cock's edition. On the verso collector's mark UM, possibly Utrecht Museum (?) Engraving trimmed on plate mark; total: 184 x 121mm; pasted on thicker paper; Hollstein 138; New Hollstein (Hondius) 97.

Portrait of Mathys Cock. In the background a painting with a landscape. 14th plate of the series; I part. Inscription on the bottom: 'MATTHIĘ 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 immortalis Belgica laude colit ; / Non in te pietas tantem fraterna, sed arti / Efficit et merito laus tribuenda tuae.' Copy in reverse to Cock 1572. Engraving trimmed on plate mark; total: 190 x 122; pasted on cardboard; Hollstein 136; New Hollstein (Hondius) 95.

Portrait of Rogier van der Weyden. On the background a painting hanging from the wall with a Madonna and Child.5th portrait of the series; I part. Inscription on the bottom: 'ROGERO BRUXELLENSI PICTORI. / Non tibi sit laudi, quod multa, et pulchra, Rogere, / Pinxisti ut poterant tempora ferre tua, / Digna tamen, nostro quicunque est tempore Pictor / Ad quae, si sapiat, respicere usque velit : / Testes picturae, quae Bruxellense tribunal / De recto Themidis cedere calle vetant : / Quam tua de partis pingendo extrema voluntas / Perpetua est inopum quod medicina fami. / Illa reliquisti terris iam proxima morti ; / Haec monumenta polo non moritura micant'.In same direction as Cock 1572. Engraving trimmed on plate mark; pasted on cardboard; total: 210 x 122; Hollstein 127; New Hollstein (Hondius) 86.