John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop of Rochester (after Adriaen van der Werff)
Gerard Valck (Amsterdam 1651/2 - Amsterdam 1726)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1680
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
318 x 185 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 452748
Summary
Print, engraving, John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop of Rochester (after Adriaen van der Werff) by Gerard Valck (Amsterdam 1651/2 - Amsterdam 1726)
Full description
Print, engraving, John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop of Rochester (after Adriaen van der Werff) by Gerard Valck (Amsterdam 1651/2 - Amsterdam 1726). Half portrait in clerical robes and Canterbury (three cornered) hat. Underneath 'Fischer / Au Pontife Romain je temaigne mon Zele / Auz depens de celui que je dois a mon Roi/ Ie meurs comme martir, ou bien comme rebelle / Et je voi tout le monde au pour ou contre moi. Ardrn van der Werff pinx / G Valck sculpt.'
Makers and roles
Gerard Valck (Amsterdam 1651/2 - Amsterdam 1726), engraver (printmaker) after Adriaen van der Werff (Kralingen 1659 - Rotterdam 1722), artist