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y:"Nic. RhedingerusVratisl." Used in 1608-edition.
Used in:
Virorum ..... (1572),no. C6;lUustrium GaUiae ..... (1604),
no. 45; lllustrium GaUiae (1608), no. 45
Lit.:
TIB. 56, p. 480, no. 177; Le Loup 1983-84, pp. 106-107,
no. 17; De Nave 1994, p. 145, no. 36
Abraham Grtels (Abrahamus Ortelius,Abraham Wortels),
Antwerp 1527 - 1598; Belgian humanist and geograph­
er, friend of Philips Galle and Christophe Plantin, both of
whom published work of Ortels (Plantin 1969-72, nos.
1817-1839). Engraved by Philips GaUe, verses by Benito
Arias Montano (1572-edition) and Nicolaus von
Rehdiger (1608-edition) Compare the other two relat­
ed portraits engraved by Philips Galle (see below).
100a
ORTELS, ABRAHAM (1579)
32.3 x 21.5 cm.
Above portrait, in médaillon at top centre:"VITAE SCO­
PUS" and monogram of Christ in Greek letters between
letters "ut" and the "Q".
Underneath portrait, in cartouche: "Spectandum dedit
Ortelius mortalib. orbem,/ Orbi spectandum Galleus
Ortelium. Papius" (two Unes)
Coburg (Kupferstiehkabinett der Kunst-sammlungen
Veste Coburg, Coburg), Paris (Cabinet des estampes,
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris), Paris (Cabinet des estam­
pes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)
Lit.:
Plantin 1883-1918, vol. 6, pp. 305-306; Denucé 1912-13,
pp.68-69,106-107;Koemanl964,pp.5,42-44;Voetl980-
83, vol. 4, pp. 1683-84, no. 1817
The portrait is a copy in the same direction of Galle s ear­
lier portrait of Ortels, included in the 1572-edition of the
portrait series (see above).The portrait was engraved a few
years later by Philips Galle on request of Plantin on the
occasion of the edition of the Tkeatrum orbis ierrarum that
he was to publish in 1579 (Ortels 1579).The portrait was
Appendix 2E
277
since then Included in Plantin's edition of this book.Verses
by Andreas de Paepe.
100b
ORTELS, ABRAHAM
After Hendrick Goltzius
$ 5.6 cm.
Around portrait: "Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalibus
orbem, Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. HG[inter­
twined], in".
Amsterdam (Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijks-museum,
Amsterdam, nakijken), Aoiwerp (Stedelijk Prenten­
kabinet, Museum Plantijn-Moretus, Antwerpen, Copen­
hagen (Kongelige Kobberstiksamling, Statens Museum
for Kunst, Kobenhave), New York (Depart-ment of
Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York), Paris (Cabinet des estampes,
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris), Rotterdam (Prenten­
kabinet, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam)
Lit.:
HoUstein, vol. 8, p. 61, no. 204ad;TIB. 3, p. 169, no. 180;
Hirschmann 1921, p. 167; Strauss 1977, vol. I, pp. 378-
379, no. 227; Reznicek 1961, vol. I, p. 398
The engraving has been attributed by some to Hendrick
Goltzius. Hirschmann, however, rejected this attribution,
while Hollstein listed the print without a number and
Strauss Included this portrait as "probably engraved by
another hand'. According to the inscription 'HG in" the
portrait has been engraved after a drawing by Goltzius.
This is supported by the fact that there also exists a draw
ing of Ortels s sister Catherine, dated 1586, in the Musée
Condé In Chantüly (cp. Reznicek 1961, loc. clt.). The
inscription indicates that Philips Galle himself engraved
this portrait of his friend; both style and technique sup­
port this attribution. The Inscription is exactly the same
as on Galle s 1579-portrait of Ortels and might thus have
simply been copied from this print, without actually refer­
ring to Galle as the engraver.Verses by Andreas de Paepe.