Lucas Vorsterman Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Lucas Vorsterman NPG D28353

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Sir Anthony van Dyck

At an early age, Vorsterman entered the studio of Peter Paul Rubens. Recognising his student's talent for engraving, Rubens tasked Vorsterman with creating plates based on his own designs. Vorsterman moved to England in 1623, where he remained until 1631. During this period, he engraved the portraits of King Charles I, Thomas Howard and William Cavendish. He was also commissioned by the king to engrave historical portraits of Sir Thomas More, the Duke of Norfolk and Erasmus. It was while he was in England... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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