IACOBUS LATOMUS THEOLOGUS (portrait of Jacob Masson)

Beschrijving

Portrait of Jacob Masson(ca. 1475-1544), bust-length, facing the viewer with joined hands. In front of him an opened book. Under arch supported by pillars; illustration to Boissard’s ‘Icones Virorum Illustrium’ (Frankfurt: De Bry, 1597-99), vol II (1598). Inscription on the arched top: ‘IACOBUS LATOMUS THEOLOGUS.’; monogram on the right of Boissard; on the bottom right:’Nascitur/ Obij / An. 1520′; on the bottom:’ Latomus artifici disponens singula dextera,/ Facundum soles aedificavit opus.’ Inscribed wih pen ‘1470? – 1520’. Some pen inscription on the back.