Portrait engraving by Theodor de Bry (1528-1598)
- Frankfurt , 1599
Frankfurt, 1599. Image size to platemark 142 x 107 mm; sheet size 178 x 138 mm. The composer is depicted bust-length within an oval border lettered "Philippus de Monte Belga DD Max et Rod 11 Impp Musici Canon et Thesaur Camaracensis" within a decorative border incorporating floral motifs. He wears a short full beard, is in simple dress, and wears a tall cap. With 2 lines of text to cartouche below. On lightweight laid paper. Komma 256. Le Blanc 143. Hollstein 255-314.
The present engraving was also published in the famous 16th century biographical work "Icones Quinquaginta virorum illustrium doctrina & eruditione" [Icons of Fifty Illustrious Men Outstanding in Doctrine and Erudition] by Jean Jacques Boissard (1528-1602) containing engraved portraits of prominent cultural figures by noted goldsmith and engraver de Bry. It is most probably after the Raphael Sadeler portrait of 1594.
"[Monte] was an important representative of the last generation of great Flemish composers of the Renaissance, and was one of the major composers of Italian madrigals." Robert Lindell and Brian Mann in Grove Music Online.
The present engraving was also published in the famous 16th century biographical work "Icones Quinquaginta virorum illustrium doctrina & eruditione" [Icons of Fifty Illustrious Men Outstanding in Doctrine and Erudition] by Jean Jacques Boissard (1528-1602) containing engraved portraits of prominent cultural figures by noted goldsmith and engraver de Bry. It is most probably after the Raphael Sadeler portrait of 1594.
"[Monte] was an important representative of the last generation of great Flemish composers of the Renaissance, and was one of the major composers of Italian madrigals." Robert Lindell and Brian Mann in Grove Music Online.