Paulus PontiusFlandern, 1603–1658Maria met kind
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Niederlande
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Maria kijkt op naar de hemel. Het Christuskind staat op haar schoot. In de marge een vierregelig onderschrift, in twee kolommen, in het Latijn.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- RP-P-OB-75.814
Im Katalog
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- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Bild: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Derweil im Leben von Paulus Pontius
Das ganze Leben3 December 1616
Apprenticeship with Osias Beert
On December 3, 1616, in Antwerp, he was apprenticed to the painter and still-life master Osias Beert.
c. 1620s
Training in Engraving with Lucas Vorsterman
He worked under the renowned engraver Lucas Vorsterman, from whom he learned the art of engraving.
1624
Chief Engraver of Rubens's Workshop
After Vorsterman's quarrel with Rubens in 1624, Pontius took his place and for several years was the workshop's principal engraver, reproducing the master's drawings and paintings.
1624–1631
Living in Rubens's House
From 1624 to 1631 Pontius lived in Rubens's house.
after 1640
Work After Van Dyck, Jordaens, and Others Following Rubens's Death
After Rubens's death in 1640 he produced numerous reproductive engravings after originals by Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Seghers, de Crayer, Titian, and Velázquez; in all he executed 42 plates after Rubens.
16. Januar 1658
Died
