Portrait of Prince Frederik Hendrik.

Engraving, 48 x 34,7 cm, laid paper with watermark (grapes, similar to Heawood 2361), signed in plate at lower edge "Ant. van Dyck pinxit / Paulus Pontius sculpsit" (trimmed to the platemark with thread margin, sm. tear of 1 cm at lower edge).

Impressive portrait in a very good dark impression, rich in contrast, of the 4th state (of 5).
Ref. Hollstein XVII:76.4
Prov. George Usslaub (1848-1929), French harbor official and print collector (stamp on verso, Lugt 1221).
Joined, 4 prints after Van Dyck: 1. Pontius, Paulus - Portrait of Jan van Malderus, seated half-length to right. Etching, 26,5 x 20 cm, laid paper with watermark (VD), unsigned. Early state (before text) of etching after Hollar.-- 2-3. Lombard, Pierre - Portraits of Philips, count of Pembroke, and Lucia, Countess of Carlisle. London, 1661-62. 2 etchings, 33 x 24,5 cm, laid paper with watermark, signed in plate "P. Lombart sculpsit et exc. londini". Part of a series known as "the twelve beauties".-- 4. Ferdinand Elle, Louis - Portrait of Mary Ruthven or Princess Mary. Etching, 19,5 x 14,5 cm, laid paper, signed in plate "L. Ferdinand fecit" (laid down on paper support). With errorous identification in ms. at lower margin "Marguerite Lemon Angloise". Ref. New Hollstein (Van Dyck),508. (5 pcs)