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Inscribed by the painter 'Casperus Gevaertius', a well known lawyer and philologue in Antwerp and Secretary to the city. Autograph model for Paulus Pontius to engrave (Mauquoy-Hendrickx, 1956, no. 49), developing the black chalk drawing by Van Dyck (Albertina). A painted copy in the Six van Hillegim collection, Amsterdam was claimed by J. Smith in 1831, no. 739, as the original (panel, 25.4 x 20.3cm)