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Print made by Paulus Pontius, 1603–1658, Flemish, Cæsar Alexander Scaglia, ca. 1635

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Creator:

Print made by Paulus Pontius, 1603–1658
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1599; active in Belgium, the Netherlands, England, and Italy; died in London, England, 1641
Published by Gillis Hendricx, active 1640–1677

Title:

Cæsar Alexander Scaglia

Additional Title(s):

Abbé Cesare Alessandro Scaglia

Part Of:

Collective Title: Icones Principum Virorum

Date:

ca. 1635

Materials & Techniques:

Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Mount: 13 5/8 × 10 15/16 inches (34.6 × 27.8 cm), Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 1/8 inches (24.6 × 18.1 cm), Image: 8 7/8 × 7 1/16 inches (22.5 × 17.9 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "W.64 5 state | c.24962"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper center: "3b?"

Watermark: Foolscap; collector's mark: George Ambrose Cardew (Lugt 1134)

Lettered, lower center:CÆSAR ALEXANDER SCAGLIA ABBAS STAPHARDÆ ET MANDANICES. | Ant. van Dyck pinxit | G.H."; lettered, lower left: "Hic, quem tacentem nobilis finxit manus, | Nuper diserta Principes lingua mouens | Momenta rebus magna perplexis dedit. | P. Pontius Sculp."; lettered, lower right: "Sibi nunc Silendo uiuit : actotum procul | Undare Mundum tacitus, e Portu intuens | Animum ad futura, doctus ex uisis, parat. | Cum privilegio"

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