Mathias Zellius (Matthaus Zell).

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Hendrik Hondius I

• MEDIUM: Etching,

  DATE: c.1630

• EDITION SIZE: Paper size 6 1/2 x 4 3/8" (16.6 x 11.1 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Portrait of Matthaus Zell, the Strasbourg reformer and early supporter of Lutheran teaching, engraved around 1630 after a 1540 likeness. The plate was cut by Simon Wynhoutsz. Vries, a Dutch engraver active in The Hague and associated with the Hondius workshop, known for his clean linear technique and finely rendered portraiture. Shown in three-quarter view with a Latin identifying inscription, the print reflects the precise Northern manner characteristic of the Hondius studio and preserves one of the earliest documented images of Zell.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 5 x 7 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition, trimmed to margins.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Clergy