Portrait of Frederik de Vries

Beschrijving

Portrait of Frederik de Vries as young boy playing with Goltzius’ dog. Frederik was the son of the painter Dirck de Vries, a pupil of Goltzius. The boy is trying to get on the back of the dog while holding a bird in his hand. On the cartouche below some text in Latin. The text on the bottom is about a boy and a dog. Anonymous copy in reverse with mention of the artist and the publisher, ‘HGoltzius invent’ and Claes Jansz. Visscher ‘CIVisscher excudebat’ (CVI monogrammed). On the verso collector’s mark of C. Moyaux (Lugt 1829a).