Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 57.7 x 47 cm (22.72 x 18.5 inch). Image size: 56 x 45 cm. (22.05 x 17.72 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Remains of tape at rear top from attachment. A few tear in bottom paper edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ROMEYN DE HOOGHE, QUEEN MARY II, FUNERAL, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, HISTORICAL PRINT, PIETER PERSOY, 17TH CENTURY | EXPO-LARGE-MPRINTS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Pieter Persoy, Amsterdam, 1695, with privilege granted by the States of Holland and West Friesland.
Reference: Ralph Hyde, “Romeyn de Hooghe and the Funeral of the People’s Queen,” Print Quarterly 15 (1998), p. 150?172.
Provenance: Acquired in 1881.
Biography engraver: Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist. De Hooghe was skilled as an etcher, draughtsman, painter, sculptor and medalist. He is best known for political caricatures of Louis XIV and propagandistic prints supporting William of Orange. During his career, de Hooghe produced over 3500 prints. He also illustrated books, and his illustrations can be found in some of the most important texts of his period.
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