Antique Print-LORENZO VALLA-PORTRAIT-van Laan-c.1720

Original antique print showing a portrait of Lorenzo Valla (1407 – 1457), an Italian Renaissance humanist, rhetorician, educator, scholar, and Catholic priest.

Made by Adolf van der Laan after own design.

Medium: engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 11.5 x 19.4 cm (4.53 x 7.64 inch).

Condition: good, given age. A few small spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LORENZO VALLA-PORTRAIT | RB-A8-04

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in The Netherlands c. 1720.

Biography engraver: Adolf van der Laan (1684 or 1690-after 1775) was a Dutch designer and engraver. He is a little described engraver, active in Amsterdam and Paris.

Biography artist:

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