PARKER, ARCHEVEQUE DE CANTORBERI. 

• Pieter van Gunst 

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  Werff, Adriaen van der
• Copper engraving 
• Print signature 
• Portret 

Bust from left of Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury. At the top of his coat of arms. At the bottom of a canvas his name is a 4-line verse in French. Before that a miter. In addition to being an archbishop, Parker was also an influential theologian who helped create the Thirty-Nine Articles, which explain Anglican doctrine. Copper engraving by Pieter van Gunst (c. 1659 - 1731), after the painting by Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722). Signed in print. Manufactured around 1700. Source: Teylers Museum, 2015.

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