The ancient prints - Engravings

"Ant. van Dyck facies pinxit "(bottom left); "Paulus Pontus facies sculp." (Bottom right); "ERASM.
Quellinius delin. / Franc huberti excudit Antverpi (ae) "(bottom center).
Inscriptions: "Ecce RVBENS sidus quo non fulgentius ullum / illuxit Belgis Nature quod aemula fudit / omnigena
Virtute potens: sic ille ferebat / Hospes Athlantiad (ae), Phoebi Sacr (ae) q (ue) Minerv (ae). "(Left); "Nec does not
Belgarum Phoenix, Divinus Apelles / Rope fovens Charites infanda DYCKIVS art / Talis erat species barbatvs an
ipse Cupido / An pius Arcitenens, pavide dubitastis amantes. "(on the right).
In the left frame: "PET. PAVL RVBENS EQVES PICTOR ANTVERPIENS "; in the right frame:
"ANTONIVS VAN DYCK EQVES PICTOR ANTVER".
Etching and engraving engravings from major graphic works, assembled during the Napoleonic period,
collecting the engravings drawn in the 1700s by the printers: Schelte et Boetius de Bolswert, Luc Vorsterman, Paul
Pontius, found in the various collections that compose it. The assembly, in the form of an atlas, is due to the greater collectors:
S.A.R. the Prince Charle de Lorraine Grand Duc de Sassonie and de Monsieuz van Heurk (art marchant
de Amsterdam) and other Flemish graphic school lovers.

Print in large sheet, with several incisions of size out of text included.