Beschrijving
Portrait of Henri met de Bles. In the background to the left an owl in a niche and on the right a landscape. 15th plate of the series; I part. Monogrammed on the left: ‘Hh ex.’ Inscription on the bottom: ‘HENRICO BLESIO, BOVINATI, PICTORI./ Pictorem urbs dederat Dionatum Eburonia, Pictor / Quem proximis dixit poeta versibus / Illum adeo artificem patriae situs ipse, magistro / Aptissimus, vix edocente fecerat. / Hanc laudem invidit vicinae exile Bovinum, / Et rura doctum pingere Henricum dedit / Sed quantum cedit Dionato exile Bovinum / Ioachime, tantum cedit Henricus tibi.’ Copy in reverse to Cock’s 1572.
