Nicholas Roccoxius
1551 to 1600
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 32.4 × 26.3 cm (12 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.1041
Art Historical Context
Behold *Nicholas Roccoxius*, a striking engraving by Lucas Emil Vorsterman, faithfully reproducing a portrait by the renowned Flemish Baroque master Sir Anthony van Dyck Dated to the subject's lifetime (1551–1600), this print captures the likeness of Rocoxius, a prominent Antwerp printer and scholar whose contributions to publishing bridged the Renaissance and early modern eras. Measuring 32.4 × 26.3 cm, it exemplifies the meticulous detail of 17th-century reproductive printmaking, now housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection. Van Dyck's original painting, part of his cele...