Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658)
after Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656)
Adriaen Pauw, Lord of Heemstede
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Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658)
after Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656)1652
Adriaen Pauw, Lord of Heemstede
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656) →engravingprint
Date
1652
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 35.7 × 24.3 cm (14 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Horace S. Oakley
This portrait celebrates the erudition and career of the Dutch politician Adriaen Pauw. He is shown in his library, which was one of the largest in the Netherlands at more than 16,000 books, and he wears the gold collar and medal of the Order of Saint Michael, an honor conferred by King Louis XIII of France. The lengthy inscription states that Pauw served as a diplomat to France, Great Britain, and Denmark as well as Holland’s representative to the conference that resulted in the Peace of Münster, which ended the Eighty Years’ War between the Dutch Republic and Habsburg Spain.
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