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Alardo de Popma (before 1617–1641) was a
Sevilla archivo municipal
Los Reyes Solares. Autor Víctor Mínguez, Victor Manuel Minguez Cornelles
Year of birth uncertain 1641 deaths People from Madrid 17th-century Spanish people 17th-century engravers Spanish engravers Spanish Baroque painters {{printmaker-stub
Alardo de Popma (before 1617–1641) was a Flemish
Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...
engraver, who worked in Madrid in the early seventeenth century, according to the earliest references to his works. His copperplate engravings include title-pages, Book frontispiece, frontispieces and portraits, which are characterized by an exceptionally clean and confident line.
His is known to have lived in Seville for a time, perhaps in order to undertake a commission there.
Works
In 1616 he produced the engravings for the ''Cronicón de la excelentísima casa de los Ponce de León'', published in 1620. He executed the title-page for the ''Comentario sobre las palabras de Nuestra Señora, que se hallan en el Evangelio'' by Fr. Pedro de Abreu in 1617. In 1621 he joined forces with Jan de Courbes to produce a work commissioned by the Order of Merced that included fifteen copper plates. In 1624, he engraved the title-page of Pedro Fernández de Navarrete's ''Conservación de las Monarquías y Discursos políticos'' (Madrid, 1626) and later the title-page for the ''Historia de las Ordenes Militares de Order of Santiago, Santiago, Order of Calatrava, Calatrava y Order of Alcantara, Alcantara'' (Madrid, 1629), by Francisco Caro de Torres, as well as the frontispiece for the ''Obras de San Juan de la Cruz'' (1630), commissioned by the widow of Pedro Madrigal. Other works include his contributions to ''El glorioso doctor San Ildefonso'' by Salazar de Mendoza (Toledo, Spain, Toledo, c. 1618) and to ''El embajador'' by Juan de Vera y Zúñiga (1620). The latter is one of his most renowned works, because of the clarity of the line and the play of light.References
* * Enciclopedia Espasa, tomo 46.Sevilla archivo municipal
Los Reyes Solares. Autor Víctor Mínguez, Victor Manuel Minguez Cornelles
Year of birth uncertain 1641 deaths People from Madrid 17th-century Spanish people 17th-century engravers Spanish engravers Spanish Baroque painters {{printmaker-stub