Paulus Pontius
Paulus Pontius was a reproductive engraver whose burin work carried the compositions of his contemporaries into print. His subjects range from religious scenes such as the Assumption of the Virgin and the Lamentation with Saint Francis to classical and allegorical figures like Nero and Sophocles. This collection gathers sixteen sheets from 1620 to 1640, predominantly engravings, with a few impressions combining etching and engraving, and several recorded as second states. Later printings extend the holdings beyond the artist's lifetime, so the dates reflect impressions made up to 1640.
16 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
Assumption of the Virgin (1624)
1624 · Engraving
Portrait of Wladislaus Sigismond, Prince of Poland and Sweden
1624 · Etching and engraving; second state of two (Hollstein)
Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, aged 46
1630 · Engraving; third state of three (Hollstein)
Portrait of Philip IV (1630, Met-Objekt 1278)
1630 · Engraving; second state of three
Portrait of Philip IV (1630, Met-Objekt 1331)
1630 · Engraving; third state of three
Portrait of Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain (1632, Met-Objekt 1334)
1632 · Engraving; first state of two
Portrait of Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain (1632, Met-Objekt 1335)
1632 · Engraving; second state of two
Nero
1638 · Engraving
Sophocles
1638 · Engraving
Portrait of Nicholaes Rockox
1639 · Engraving; fifth state of ten (Hollstein)
Three Studies of Écorchés
after 1640 · Engraving
Old woman and a boy with candles (ca. 1620–30)
ca. 1620–30 · Etching; second state of two
Holy Family with Saint Anne (ca. 1620–70, Met-Objekt 1156)
ca. 1620–70 · Engraving; second state of two (Hollstein)
Holy Family with Saint Anne (ca. 1620–70, Met-Objekt 1160)
ca. 1620–70 · Engraving; second state of two
Portrait of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, on horseback (ca. 1640–53)
ca. 1640–53 · Engraving; second state of two (Hollstein)
The Lamentation with Saint Francis and Two Angels
early 17th–mid 17th century · Engraving