Antique Master Print-ALLEGORY-BIRTH-WILLEM-V-Sibersma-1748

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‘NEDERLANDS ERFPRINS GRAAF VAN BUREN GEBR. DEN 8 MAART 1748’ (IN ARCH ABOVE); MARKED UPPER RIGHT: ‘PAG. 6.”

– Allegorical interior celebrating the birth of Willem V, Prince of Orange (8 March 1748). At left stand personifications of Liberty and Wisdom; at right Charity (Caritas) enthroned with children. At centre two putti support an emblem bearing the Orange tree. Architectural framing with classical columns and rich symbolic attributes reflecting dynastic hope and national renewal.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20 x 14.4 cm (7.87 x 5.67 inch). Image size: 20 x 14.4 cm. (7.87 x 5.67 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GERRIT SIBERSMA, WILLEM V PRINCE OF ORANGE, BIRTH ALLEGORY, 1748, ORANGE-NASSAU, DUTCH HISTORY PRINT, CARITAS, LIBERTY, WISDOM, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING | PCO-E100-29

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Allegorical print commemorating the birth of Willem V (8 March 1748); according to Muller used in Het ontroerd Holland (1748).

Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-83.989; Muller 3925-b.

Biography engraver: Gerrit Sibersma (active 1747-1749) was an 18th-century printmaker from Groningen active in Amsterdam.

Additional information

Dimensions 14 × 20 × 1 cm

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