Willem Jacobz Delff
The Netherlands, 1580-1638 Portrait of Johannes Uytenbogaert, 1619
engraving
230 mm x 138 mm
Anonymous Gift in Honor of Roger Keyes, 1984.0046 and 1984.0047
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There are two images side by side. The image on the left shows Delff's engraving with its elaborate text. The impression shown on the right has been cut out around the portrait (without the text) and laid down on a piece of paper about the same size as the complete engraving with text. This second sheet has also been given a false plate mark as if it were an early state of the engraving before the inscription. The plate mark was created by embossing and by adding a few touches of ink along the putative plate mark, and the blank area beneath the portrait has been given a light ink wash to resemble plate tone.
