Lot n° 371
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Nobilissimus ac Generosissimus Dominus D.Petrus Pot Eques Auratus Toparcha de Bautersem in Conte-broeck. et Pluysegem. etc. Funditor Coenobij S. Salvatoris Antv. munificus, s.d. Engr. after J. Mortel, 39 x 49,5 cm; engr. names. Soiled margins, some...

Estimation : 150 / 200
Adjudication : 120 €
Description
marg. foxing, folds with sm. hole on fold intersections, some tiny wormtracks, 4 pinholes in the corners, some marg.tears (1 running into the pl.) rep. Tribute to Pieter Pot, founder of the St. Salvator Coenobium in Antwerp. Nice portrait in oval frame surrounded by a impressive baroque cartouche. In the background a funerary monument under a setting of curtains. On a banderole 10 coats-of-arms. On both sides of the portrait, the Dom. Gener. of the Cistercian order and the Count of Ursel, both with their coats-of-arms. Ref. Hollstein IV, p. 174, 29. 
We join : Schut, Cornelius - [Allegorical composition], 17th c. Engr. & etching, 54,5 x 43,8 cm. Depicting a theme of the Counter Reformation with a strong sense of animation and pathos. Underneath a contemp. ms. note. Some marg. tears rep. (2 pcs)
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