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Portret van bisschop Franciscus Sonnius

atelier van Philips Galle (prentmaker) , naar Frans Pourbus I
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Portret van Franciscus Sonnius, bisschop van Antwerpen, in halffiguur naar links. Gebruikt als boekillustratie in o.a.: Aubert Le Mire, Illustrium Galliae Beglicae scriptorum icones et elogi, 1604.
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opschrift (in de voorstelling): Decessit Antuerpiae prid. Kal. Quinct. CIC[omgekeerd]. IC[omgekeerd]LXXVI. AEt. LX.
opschrift (in de marge onderaan): FRANCISCVS SONNIVS, PRIMVS ANTVER:/ PIENSIVM EPISCOPVS./ En nouus hic tenebras dispellit Phoebus ab orbe Belgarum, hinc nomen Belgica lingua dedit./ Eia age, pressa diu, Virtus animosa resurge,/ Atra nec haereseos nubila commoeueant./ An vero, Impietas didicit si temnere Solem;/ Miraris? gaudent crimina noc te tegi./ 2. (-) Balth. Moretus.
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geheel, hoogte: 176 mm
geheel, breedte: 118 mm
geheel, hoogte: 252 mm
geheel, breedte: 193 mm
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2014.GRO2070.III
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