ANTONIO MORO 1885 Hendrik Hondius VICTORIAN PRINT

Original 1885 6 inch x 4 1/2 inch engraving titled ANTONIO MORO.

Portrait of Antonis Mor, three-quarter length, in left profile, painting a portrait; holding a maulstick in his left hand and the brush with which he is painting in his right; palette and brushes on table in foreground; landscape with a town in background.
Sir Anthonis Mor, also known as Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and Antonio Moro (c. 1517 – 1577), was a Netherlandish portrait painter, much in demand by the courts of Europe. He has also been referred to as Antoon, Anthonius, Anthonis or Mor van Dashorst, and as Antonio Moro, Anthony More, etc., but signed most of his portraits as Anthonis Mor.

Reproduced in Fac-simile from the engraving by Hendrik Hondius (1573 - 1650). Engraver and publisher in The Hague; he established his own business in 1597 and trying to find the most beneficial location for his business he moved to the port city of Amsterdam around 1603, and then to Leiden in 1604; in his last phase of his career, from around 1640 to his death in 1650, Hondius once again took a more active role in the publishing business.

Print size 8 3/4 inch x 12 inch

From ‘The Magazine of Art’ Vol. VIII. 1885. Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. - London, Paris, New York & Melbourne.

The engraving is in very good condition. Printed text above and below the image and on the reverse with another image.