Reinier van Persijn (1615 – 23 November 1668) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

engraver of portraits and bookplates.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who called him ''Reynier van Parzyn'', he was married to the granddaughter of the stained glass painter Wouter Crabeth I, whose son

Wouter Crabeth II Wouter Pietersz. Crabeth II (1594 – c. 18 June 1644) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Wouter Crabeth was born in Gouda in 1594, the son of the writer and politician Pieter Woutersz. Crabeth. He was named after his grandfather Wouter ...

he probably knew from his time in Rome, where they were both members of the Bentvueghels. His ''bent'' or nickname was ''Narcissus'' (Daffodil). He settled in 1645 in Gouda, where his wife was born. He was a student of

Cornelis Bloemaert Cornelis Bloemaert II (1603 – 28 September 1692), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. Biography Bloemaert was born at Utrecht. He studied with his father, Abraham Bloemaert, his brothers Hendrick and Adriaan, and his father's pupi ...

and learned the art of publishing book title pages from Theodor Matham, son of

Jacob Matham Jacob Matham (15 October 1571 – 20 January 1631), of Haarlem, was a famous engraver and pen-draftsman. Biography He was the stepson and pupil of painter and draftsman Hendrik Goltzius, and brother-in-law to engraver Simon van Poelenburgh, hav ...

.RKD entry on Reinier van Persijn
/ref> According to an old Dutch ''Who's Who'', while in Italy he engraved pieces from ''the Justiani gallery'', made a famous engraving of

Baldassare Castiglione Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (; 6 December 1478 – 2 February 1529),Dates of birth and death, and cause of the latter, fro, ''Italica'', Rai International online. was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissanc ...

and had a motto, ''Het moet al in een pers zijn'', meaning ''It must already be in print'', which was a play on words, because Pers-zijn was his name.