Antique Portrait of Ferdinand V of Spain by Janszoon, 1615

Antique portrait titled 'Lodovicus XII (..)'. Portrait of Louis XII of France. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keyseren ende coningen van christenryc...

Antique portrait titled 'Carolus V (..)'. Portrait of Charles VIII of France. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keyseren ende coningen van christenryck sedert den onderganck va...

Antique portrait titled 'Ericus XIV (..)'. Portrait of Eric XIV of Sweden. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keyseren ende coningen van christenryck sedert den onderganck van h...

Antique portrait titled 'Franciscus II (..)'. Portrait of Francis II, King of France. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keyseren ende coningen van...

Extremly charming oil painting. Child portrait of the Swedish king Charles XI (1655-1697) from the late 17th Century in the circle of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628-1698). No frame....

Portrait of a Gentleman from Della Ruota family Lombardy, dated 1624 Oil on canvas Measures: 105 x 81 cm (without the frame) The coat of arms at the top left of the portrait identifies the effigy as an aristocrat belonging to the Lombard family Della Ruota, represented at the age of 61 in 1624. The presence of vanity at the bottom right is a clear reference to the passage of time, to the aging and dying body...

(after Anthonie Van Dyck) Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom right corner, paper tape along top edge on recto. A very well inked impression. __________Flemish painter and engraver Paulus Pontius was born in Antwerp in 1603, and it was in this city that his full life would unfold. At the young age of 13, he was apprenticed to the still life painter Osias Beert, and subsequently to Lucas Vosterman, who was heavily associated with the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens. Vosterman trained Pontius in the skill of engraving, which he took to immediately, finding he had great skill at recreating paintings. Pontius was able to capture the minutiae of light and shadow found on the canvas, and mastered the ability to accurately render the subtleties of brushwork in this alternate media. His success as an engraver cemented his role in the workshop of Rubens, and in 1624, when Vosterman found himself at odds with Rubens, and left Antwerp for England, Pontius assumed his role as foremost engraver in the workshop. It was in this year that Pontius took up lodgings in Rubens's home, and continued to live there until 1631, when courtship and marriage (the first of three) brought him away. After the death of Rubens in 1640, Pontius embarked on a very successful career engraving reproductions of master works by artists including Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Pieter van Avont, Abraham van Diepenbeeck...

The 39-year-old gentleman had himself portrayed as an aristocrat in an idyllic landscape. At the time, parks and forests were associated with the nobility's lands and pastimes. The s...