| Engraver | Alexander Bannerman (1730-1779) |
| Date | 1805 |
| Technique | Etching |
| Category | Portraits |
| Source | A Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period by the Rev. M.Pilkington A.M., a New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, an Appendix and an Index by Henry Fuseli R.A. - London. Printed by John Crowder, Warwick Square |
This engraved portrait represents Jan Gossaert, known as Mabuse (1478-1532, one of the earliest Netherlandish artists to integrate Italian Renaissance principles into Northern European art. The composition emphasizes the intellectual authority of the artist through formal attire and frontal pose.