Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24.5 x 40.3 cm (9.65 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 15.5 x 12 cm. (6.1 x 4.72 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Minor foxing. Edges top and right browned with a few tiny tears. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
EIGHTY YEARS WAR-CAMBRAI-FRANCE-RELIEF-KAMERIK | BOX-DE HONDT-1
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From De Hondt’s ‘Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament’, published in 1728 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Biography engraver: Gilliam van der Gouwen, first name also transcribed as Guilliam and Willem (ca. 1657, Antwerp — buried on 15 March 1716, Amsterdam) was a Flemish engraver who spent most of his active career in the Dutch Republic. He is known for his reproductive engravings and various title pages, maps and book illustrations for the Amsterdam publishers.
Biography artist: Pieter de Hondt, Dutch publisher and bookseller (1696–1764).
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