Beschrijving
Portrait of Hans Vredeman de Vries with compass in his hand. 47th plate of the series. Signed on the top left: ‘Hh form. Cum privil.’ Inscription on the bottom: ‘IOANNES VREDEMANNUS FRISIUS. LEOVARDIENSIS. / Pictorum summus, celebrat quos Optica virtus, / Friso : probant artem Regia tecta tuam. / Cum tua sint Opera haec varii subnixa Columnis / Spectabit longo tempore posteritas’. Number ’46’in brown ink on top right margin.
