Description

Stipple engraving on Japanese paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 19 x 31.6 cm. The image size is ca. 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 7.5 x 12.4 inch. The image size is ca. 3.7 x 5.7 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Alliantie.’ – (Alliance.) This allegorical print shows the alliance between the Netherlands / Batavian Republic and France, through an angel attaching two shields onto a tree. Published in Amsterdam by C.J. Roos. Dated 1795. Hand numbered in old writing 364 at bottom right.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Lambertus Antonius Claessens’ after ‘I. Kuyper’. Lambertus Antonius Claessens (Antwerp, 1763-1834) was a Flemish etcher and stipple engraver. He was a student of the Antwerp Academy and Bartolozzi. He worked in Antwerp, London and Amsterdam from 1795-1808 and then in Paris from 1809-1834. He worked for L.G. Portman.

Condition: Good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-ALLIANCE-ANGEL-SHIELDS-NETHERLANDS-FRANCE-KUYPER-CLAESSENS

(PCO) A192-35