15 Facts About Paulus Pontius

Paulus Pontius was a Flemish engraver and painter.

Paulus Pontius was one of the leading engravers connected with the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens.

Paulus Pontius later worked under the prominent engraver Lucas Vorsterman who taught him the art of engraving.

Together with Vorsterman, Schelte a Bolswert and Boetius a Bolswert, Paulus Pontius became one of the leading engravers of the first generation who made reproductions after Rubens' works.

When Vorsterman left for England in 1624 after he had a conflict with Rubens, Paulus Pontius took over from Vorsterman as Rubens' foremost engraver.

Paulus Pontius even took up lodgings in Rubens' house from 1624 to 1631.

Paulus Pontius had respectively one son, two sons and three daughters, and one daughter with his spouses.

Paulus Pontius's son Francois was an engraver and art dealer.

Paulus Pontius's pupils included Alexander Voet the Younger, Coenraet Waumans and Frans van den Wyngaerde.

Paulus Pontius was able to develop early in his career a personal style characterized by precise drawing that renders the original painting accurately.

Paulus Pontius was a master in suggesting the effects of light and the colours in a very subtle manner.

Paulus Pontius worked as one of the principal engravers for Rubens' workshop.

Paulus Pontius worked after the work of pupils or imitators of Rubens.

Paulus Pontius can be regarded as one of the principal engravers of van Dyck's work.

An example is the Portrait of Gaspar de Gusman, Count of Olivares, which Paulus Pontius made in 1626 after a design by Rubens.