A. Van Dock, portrait of Maria Louissa De Tassis, engraving by C. Vermeulen, seventeenth century

This magnificent etching is a portrait of "maria luissa de tassis", engraved by c. Vermeulen after the painting by a. Van dyck from 1630. Van dyck painted in 1630. Antoine van dyck (1559–1641) was a flemish baroque painter and engraver. He painted many portraits and was the leading painter of the english court. Cornelis martinus vermeulen, flemish engraver of the seventeenth century (1644-1708), trained in the studio of peeter clouwet, built his reputation on his engravings of portraits and various book illustrations. Maria luissa de tassis belongs to the antwerp branch of the family that developed the first postal system in europe. She was in her twenties at the time of this portrait.