Description

Engraving on hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 25.2 x 39.1 cm. The image size is ca. 17.4 x 29.9 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 9.9 x 15.4 inch. The image size is ca. 6.9 x 11.8 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Parker, Archeveque de Cantorberi.’ – This portrait print shows Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury. Source unknown, to be determined.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Peter de Gunst’ after ‘Adriaen van der Werff’. Peter de Gunst (1659-1724) was a dutch engraver and draughtsman who engraved many portraits after van der Werff, van Dyck and van Hornhorst. Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722) was an accomplished Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes from Rotterdam. His brother, Pieter van der Werff (1661–1722), was his principal pupil and assistant.

Condition: Very good, given age. Crease in lower and top margin and a bit in print. Scattered foxing stains in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-PORTRAIT-MATTHEW PARKER-ARCHBISHOP-CANTERBURY-WERFF-GUNST

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