Print Description
‘Castrum Dom.ium de Percke et Eelewijt pars Posterior. & ? pars Anterior.’
Etching and engraving on hand laid (verg?) paper.
Sheet size: 51 x 47,5 cm. (20,1 x 18,7 inch). Image size: 39 x 36,5 cm. (15,4 x 14,4 inch).
This original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Trophees tant sacres que profanes du Duche de Brabant …’, by F. Christophre Butkens, published in The Hague by Chretien van Lom, 1724-1726. This is the second and most lavish edition of this work with many copperplate engravings as oposed to the first edition with mostly woodcuts. This is an important work on history and genealogy of the Duchy of Brabant, which covers part of Belgium and the Netherlands. This plate was also published in Jacob le Roy’s ‘Castella et praetoria noilium Brabantiae …’ in 1694.
Made by ‘Lucas Vorsterman II’ after ‘Jacques van Werden’. Lucas Vorsterman II / the younger (1624-c.1670) was a Flemish engraver, son of Lucas Vorsterman I. He was active in Antwerp and worked after Rubens and others. Author: Christophorus Butkens (1591-1650), a Belgian Cisterian Monk born in Antwerp, known for his wealth of historic information but also his many errors in this.
Condition: Very good, given age. Original fold lines from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: CASTLE-PERK-ELEWIJT
A163b-12
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