Anthony van Dyck, after. Portrait of Gerardo Seghers. Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman I. 1645-1655.

Artist: Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), painter, the pupil of Rubens; in Italy (1621-26) then from 1632 mainly in England where he was knighted by Charles I.Engraver: Lucas Vorsterman I (1595-1675), engraver, etcher, draughtsman, and publisher, the finest in Rubens school; broke with Rubens mid-1622 and left the latter's studio after a row. Came to London in 1624, returned to Antwerp via Paris in 1630, and went blind in the 1650s. Title: Gerard Seghers (1591 – 1651) was a Flemish painter, art collector, and art dealer. After a period of study and residence in Italy, he returned to Flanders where he became one of the leading representatives of the Flemish Caravaggisti movement.Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: Ant van Dyck pinxit; M: vanden Enden exc. D. Gerardo Seghers Pictori Antverpiano / Quod Tabulis Sacris Pietatem Viuam veramque spirantibus tota Europa vulgatis, / apud Principes, Reges, Caesares plausum et donatiua meruit : / Quod, liberorum bene educatorum copia, quod, nouæ domu