Detail View: Rylands Collection: Petrus vanden Avont Belga Antwerpianus Pictor

Image Number: 
JRL18041165
Reference Number: 
VFA.10.69
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Petrus vanden Avont Belga Antwerpianus Pictor
Alternative Image Title: 
Peeter van Avont
Parent Work Title: 
Collection of Engravings of Portraits of Painters
Date Created: 
1651
Volume: 
1
Page/Sheet: 
69
Image Sequence Number: 
0069
Description: 
Portrait of Peeter van Avont. Third version of the title page of Paedopaegnion first issued in 1645; neither the bust nor the inscription is by Hollar. Portrait framed in an oval; facing left;surrounded by fruit, flowers and foliage. Several putti are arranging foliage around the framed portrait.
Keyword: 
Flemish; Artist; Painter; Printmaker
Subject: 
Art
Category of Material: 
Fine Art
Technique Used: 
Engraving (printing process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
People Covered: 
Avont, Peeter van, 1600-1652
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance: 
Spencer, John Poyntz Spencer, Earl, 1835-1910, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Notes: 
Pennington 494
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2018-04-10
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-12
Educational Notes: 
Spencer English MS 60: Portraits of Artists
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead: 
Edward H. Wouk