Portrait of Nicolas Vallet flanked by muses with musical instruments and Apollo with lyre and Mercury and title, David Vinckboons

Identification title(s): portrait of nicolas vallet flanked by muses with musical instruments and apollo with lyre and mercury and title. Title page for: nicolas vallet, secretum musarum, 1615. Secretvm mvsarvm in quo (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1895-a-18912. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 7. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, center verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: in cartouche the portrait of nicolas vallet and his coat of arms above rectangular frame for title. The portrait is flanked by two muses playing a lute and flute and ornaments with garlands. On either side are two mythological figures, apollo with lyre and sun rays and mercury with winged helmet and caduceus. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: joan berwinckel (mentioned on object), after a design by: david vinckboons (i) (mentioned on object). Dating: 1590 - 1615 and/or 1615. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 132 mm × w 202 mm. Explanation: print designed by david vinckboons. Title page for: nicolas vallet, secretum musarum in quo, amsterdam 1615. Subject: what: lute, and special forms of lute, e. G. : theorbothe composer and his muse. Apollo playing the lyre, apollo citharoedus(story of) mercury (hermes). Acquisition: purchase nov-1895. Date: 1590 - 1615 en/of 1615. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Joannes Berwinckel (engraver), David Vinckboons (designer) - Portrait of Nicolas Vallet