Antique Print-BATAVI-BATAVEN-WARRIOR-ARMY-HORSE-WEAPON-Pronk-Folkema-1749

€100.00

This original antique print shows resting Batavi, with an army of Batavi on horses in the background. The Batavi were an ancient Germanic tribe that lived around the modern Dutch Rhine delta in the area that the Romans called Batavia, from the second half of the first century BC to the third century AD.

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Description

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 40,2 x 29 cm. (15,8 x 11,4 inch). Image size: 39 x 27,5 cm. (15,4 x 10,8 inch).

Source unknown, to be determined.

Made by ‘Jacob Folkema’ after ‘C. Pronk’. Jacob Folkema (1692-1767) was a Dutch designer and engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart in Amsterdam. He worked on Royaumont’s Bible, and Ruysch’ Anatomy, among other works. He was also an excellent mezzotint engraver. Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759) was a Dutch draughtsman and (miniature) painter.

Condition: Good, given age. A few minor crinkles. Paper slightly browned. Original middle fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: BATAVI-BATAVEN-WARRIOR-ARMY-HORSE-WEAPON

RBOS-A2-14