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Cornelis de Visscher

Portrait of Gellius de Bouma, ca. 1656

Description

Maker

  • Cornelis de Visscher, 1628/29-1658, Dutch

Title

Portrait of Gellius de Bouma

Year

ca. 1656

Medium

Engraving on medium weight cream laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 36.4 x 27.3 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso:in pencil, LL:36451 ; in LR:Fvn nv(nv superscribed)In Plate--In LL: C. de Visscher/ ad viuum deli./ et sculp. ; titled, LC:GELLIUS DE BOVMA ECCLESIASTES ZUTPHANIENSIS OVT INT 77 IAER E

Identification

State

2nd of 6

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1149

Projects & Publications

Publications

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

The engravers who work for Peter Paul Rubens had a rapid impact outside of their immediate circle. Their facility for creating an immensely subtle range of tones was particularly successful for portraiture as well as for the reproduction of paintings. Here, Cornelis Visscher depicted with striking naturalism the ruddy face, glossy coat, and silken beard of a clergyman. The sculptural volumes refer to Hendrik Goltzius, and the overall tonal subtleties, to Rubens.

Gellius Peri de Bouma (about 1579–1658) was the preacher of the Reformed Protestant Church in Zutphen. The inscription alludes to his venerable age of seventy-seven and his fifty-five years of service. In the style of Dutch portraits of the day, de Bouma looks straight into the viewer’s eye and raises his hand as if about to speak.

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