Life Paulus Pontius

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body of dead christ, after titian


together vorsterman, schelte bolswert , boetius à bolswert, pontius became 1 of leading engravers of first generation made reproductions after rubens works. when vorsterman left england in 1624 after had conflict rubens, pontius took on vorsterman rubens foremost engraver. took lodgings in rubens house 1624 1631.


pontius married 3 times. names of successive wives were: christina herselin, catlyne van eck , helena schryvers. had respectively 1 son, 2 sons , 3 daughters, , 1 daughter spouses. son françois engraver , art dealer.


by 1634 pontius living first wife christina herselin in everdijstraat in house of father-in-law. on 26 april 1634 famous impoverished genre painter adriaen brouwer took lodgings in house 2 men close friends. same year pair joined local chamber of rhetoric violieren. has been suggested brouwer s painting called fat man or luxuria (mauritshuis), possibly represents deadly sin of lust, @ same time portrait of paulus pontius.



gaspar de gusman, count of olivares, after rubens


after rubens death in 1640, pontius created reproductions after work of, amongst others, rubens, anthony van dyck, jacob jordaens, pieter van avont, abraham van diepenbeeck, anselm van hulle, gerard seghers, gaspar de crayer, gonzales coques, frans luycx, titian , velázquez.


his pupils included alexander voet younger, coenraet waumans , frans van den wyngaerde.








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