Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman I, from: Icones Principum Virorum

ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman I, from: Icones Principum Virorum etching, circa 1630, on laid paper, watermark Phoenix in Laurel Wreath (M.-H. 252), a very fine, early impression of the first state (of seven), before letters and background and before the scratches and foul-biting were burnished out, inscribed in brown ink with the sitter's name, profession and place of birth, with wide margins, some creasing in places, otherwise generally in very good condition Plate 242 x 156 mm. Sheet 357 x 253 mm.