Portrait of Jan Baptist Houwaert, Bust portrait in oval of the Brussels writer, scholar and politician Jan Baptist Houwaert (1533-1599): a man with beard and moustache, seen on the right, in armor. Below the oval a coat of arms. Around the oval an ornamental border with edge writing (the name of the sitter and his motto 'wood medium mate') and a woman with a lyre (Musica), a woman with a book (Rhetorica), a woman with a compass (Geometria) and a woman writing down numbers (Aritmetica)., print, print maker: anonymous, after print by: Johannes Wierix, print maker: Low Countries, (possibly), after print by: Antwerp, 1586 - 1615, paper, engraving, height, 164 mm × width, 125 mm
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Portrait, Jan Baptist Houwaert, Bust portrait, oval, Brussels writer, scholar, politician Jan Baptist Houwaert, 1533-1599, man, beard, moustache, right, armor, coat, arms, ornamental border, edge writing, name, sitter, motto, wood medium mate, woman, lyre, Musica, book, Rhetorica, compass, Geometria, writing, down numbers, Aritmetica, print, print maker, anonymous, Johannes Wierix, Low Countries, Antwerp, 1586 - 1615, paper, engraving, height, 164 mm × width, 125 mm
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