Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20 x 29.8 cm (7.87 x 11.73 inch). Image size: 11 x 15.4 cm. (4.33 x 6.06 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GRAVE-MAASPOORT-NUNNERY-CHURCH-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-12
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This original old antique map was published in ‘Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten’, Amsterdam, 1746 edition. The exact dates the plates were engraved vary.
Biography engraver: Hendrik / Henricus Spilman (1721-1784) was a Dutch painter, designer and etcher from Amsterdam, active in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Abraham de Haen II. His style resembles A. van Everdingen and N. Berghem. He made mostly town and city views.
Biography artist: Jan de Beijer (1703 – 1780), also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists.
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