IANUS DUZA… (portrait of Janus Dousa)

Beschrijving

Portrait of Lord of Noordwyck Janus Dousa (Jan van der Does), bust-length, turned to the left with book in left hand, under arch supported by pillars; illustration to Boissard’s ‘Icones Virorum Illustrium’ (Frankfurt: De Bry, 1597-99), vol. IV. Inscription on the arched top: ‘IANUS DUZA Dominus a Nortwick Poeta et Orator.’; monogram on the right of Boissard; on the bottom left: ‘Nasc. in / A°/ Ob / A°’; on the bottom: ‘Nobilitas cuj doccta placet, cuj nobile Carmen / Jngenium Duza nobile semper amat’.