Hendrick Hondius I (1573-1650) Post Funera, Vita (Allegory of fame after death). 1610. Burin. 135x210mm. New Hollstein 115. Fine proof on thin laid paper, oxidized, upper right corner of folio redone. Small russet stains. Small sepia ink stains on verso and left margin. Minor edge damage. Fine margins. This allegory on the survival of great painters after death came at the end of the seriesPictorum aliquot celebrium praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris effigiesrepresenting famous painters engraved by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Robert de Baudous and Andries Stock, published in 1610 by Hondius. The engraved Latin text decrees, among other things, "Those who have painted well, know that they survive in death." The monograms engraved on the small pyramids in the background are those of famous painters and engravers of the previous century (AD: Albrecht Dürer; L: Lucas van Leyden; MVH: Maarten van Heemskerck; AG: Heinrich Aldegrever; HS: Hans Schäufelein; D: unidentified artist - the van Doetecum brothers?).