dam 1629), withhis few rough,but vigorouslydrawn plates. By the school■of engravers,who formed thegroup of whichRubens was the•centre, etchingwas certainlypractised, butit never attainedthe sameamountof use or im-portance as did line-engraving. Whether Peter Paul Rubens (born atSiegen 1577, died at… … Fig. 72. Anthony Van Dyck : Portrait ofPh. Le Roy. 158 ENGRAVING IN THE LOW COUNTRIES upon Clouds, quite in the manner of Rubens fully de-veloped style. In the state in which the plate is knownto us it has without doubt been worked over by aprofessional engraver, perhaps Vorsterman. This is…
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