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Robert van Voerst

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Robert van Voerst (bapt. 8 December 1597 in Deventer – before October 1636 in London) was a Dutch engraver.[1]

He studied under Crispin van de Passe. He arrived in England in 1628 and soon afterwards Charles I of England appointed him his royal engraver. He principally reproduced works by Anthony van Dyck, also active in the British court, who gave van Voerst the exclusive commission on reproducing his portraits.

Notes

  1. ^ Griffiths, Antony. "Voerst, Robert van". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28111. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)