copperplate/ribbed paper with filigree with jester's head, 36.1 x 24 cm, plate 31 x 21.3, state III; inscription under the composition: CASPERIVS GEVARTIVS, IO.F. IVRISCONSVLTVS, IMP. CAES. FERDINANDI III.AVG.ET PHILIPPI IV. HISPANIARVM/ INDIARVMQ. REGIS CONSILIARVS ET HISTORIOGRAPHVS, ARCHIGRAMMATEVS ANTVERPIANVS. At the bottom of the engraving signed: Petr. Paullus Rubenius pinxit; on the right: Paull. Pontius sculpsit.
Good state of preservation; minor chipping and tearing of paper on the
edges
LITERATURE
- Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, vol. XVII, Amsterdam 1976, p.175, cat.81/III; https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_R-4-109 (accessed 03.10.2024)
In the portrait, Antwerp historian and jurist Gaspar Gevaerts (Gevartius) is depicted in half pose, facing ¾ to the left, seated behind a desk, at work, holding a pen in his right hand. In the depth of the desk stands a bust of the Roman emperor against a background of a shelf of books.
