Illustrissimus et Reverendissimus Dominus D. Marius Ambrosius Capellus, Ex Divi Dominici Familia Sacrae Theologiae Doctor, Antverpiensium Episcopus.

Method Copper engraving
Artist Paulus Pontius after Abraham van Diepenbeeck
Published c.1630, later impression
Dimensions Image 328 x 225 mm, Plate 335 x 235 mm, Sheet 370 x 253 mm
Notes Inscription below portrait in Latin.

Portrait of Marius Ambrosius Capello, bishop of Antwerp, three-quarter length, seated in an arm-chair, wearing a biretta.

Paulus Pontius (1603 - 1658) Pupil of Lucas Vorsterman, the elder; worked in Antwerp with Rubens and van Dyck. Succeeded Vorsterman in Rubens' studio in 1624.

Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596 - 1675) was a Flemish painter, glass-painter and designer of prints and tapestries. He was a pupil and assistant of Peter Paul Rubens. He worked in 's-Hertogenbosch, Antwerp, and in the early 1630s in Paris.

Hollstein 62.I

Condition: Light creasing to top right corner of image and sheet.
Framing unmounted
Price £85.00
Stock ID 24696

required