Print Description
Original antique print showing a portrait of Rombout Hogerbeets (1561 – 1625), a Dutch statesman and jurist, tried for treason together with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Hugo Grotius, and Gilles van Ledenberg during the political crisis of 1617-1618 in the Dutch Republic, and sentenced to life-imprisonment. He shared Loevestein prison with Grotius).
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 12.7 x 17.2 cm (5 x 6.77 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Some soiling and light paper spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ROMBOUT HOGERBEETS-RUMOLDUS-PORTRAIT | PCO-C45-14
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in The Netherlands c. 1620.
Biography engraver: Claes Janszoon Visscher (1587 ? 19 June 1652) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker, and publisher. He was the founder of the successful Visscher family mapmaking business.
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