Print Description
Medium: printdrawing, etching and aquating in brown on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: M.
Sheet size: 27 x 33 cm (10.63 x 12.99 inch). Image size: 19.2 x 23 cm. (7.56 x 9.06 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PORTRAIT-GERARDUS MERCATOR | PCO-EXPO-DUTCH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published 1777-1780.
Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-23.142.
Biography engraver: Benjamin Martini was an 18th-century Dutch printmaker active in Amsterdam, known for his reproductive prints after genre painters such as Cornelis Troost. His technique often combined etching and aquatint in prenttekening style.
Biography artist: Cornelis Troost (1696-1750) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and actor, celebrated for his satirical and theatrical scenes of Dutch bourgeois life. Often compared to Hogarth, his work blends humor with social commentary.
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