Corn. Poelenburgh pictor [art original]

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Title: Corn. Poelenburgh pictor [art original]
Alternative Title: Cornelis Poelenburgh
Cornelius Polenburg
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Contributor: Poelenburgh, Cornelis van, 1594 or 1595-1667, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Cornelis Poelenburgh (1594 or 1595-1667), Dutch painter and draughtsman, one of the first generation of Dutch italianates. He worked in the Court of Charles 1.
Description: Title in ink below image in Horace Walpole's hand: Corn. Poelenburgh pictor.
Signed in pencil, lower right: G.V.
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Engraved portrait by T. Chambars in Anecdotes of painting in England entitled "Cornelius Polenburg" and identifies the work as a self portrait by the artist: ipse pinxit.
Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Poelenburgh in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 103.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, day viii, lot 122. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 15.2 x 13 cm, on sheet 19.0 x 15 cm
Language: Latin

Genre: Portrait drawings
Crayon drawings British 18th century
Material: red crayon ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Poelenburgh, Cornelis van, 1594 or 1595-1667,
Subject (Topic): Artists
Dutch
Subjects: Poelenburgh, Cornelis van, 1594 or 1595-1667
Artists > Dutch
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Vertue, Cornelis Poelenburg. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.