Antwerp, c. 17th century. A portrait of D.Philippo IV. Austrio Hispaniarum Indiarumq. Regi Catholico Supra Omnes Retro Principes Potentissimo Pio Felii Patri Patriae....

Measures 13 x 18 inches.

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640) was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens specialized in making altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.

Paulus Pontius (1603 – 1658) was a Flemish engraver and painter. He was one of the leading engravers connected with the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens and worked after Rubens' death for other leading Antwerp painters such as Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens and others.