Antique Master Print-ALLEGORY-OF-JUSTICE-Duflos-de Lairesse / Verkolje-1737

Medium: Etching, engraving, stipple on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 33 x 45.2 cm (12.99 x 17.8 inch). Image size: 31 x 43 cm. (12.2 x 16.93 inch).

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

JUSTICE ALLEGORY, CLASSICAL ALLEGORY, LADY JUSTICE, PIETER TANJ?, GERARD DE LAIRESSE, NICOLAAS VERKOLJE, 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING | XXX-B1-28

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Tafereelen’ with depictions from the paintings in the Binnenhof in The Hague, published in 1737.

Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-1907 series.

Biography engraver: Claude Duflos (1665-1727) was a French engraver known for his refined technique, active during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Biography artist: Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711) was a talented Dutch Golden Age engraver, painter and art theorist. Born at Liege, 1660 to Berlin, 1665 to Amsterdam. moved to The Hague around 1684. Nicolaas Verkolje (1673-1746), Dutch draftsman and engraver.