Name: Antique Master Print-AMSTERDAM-MAYORS-MEDICEA-Suyderhoef-Keyser-1638
SKU: PICTURA-12206
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Antique Master Print-AMSTERDAM-MAYORS-MEDICEA-Suyderhoef-Keyser-1638

€275.00

‘EFFIGIES NOBILISSIMORUM ET AMPLISSIMORUM DD. CONSULUM QUI REIP. AMSTELODAMENSI PRAEFUERE TUNC, CUM EORUM MANDATO ADVOCATUS CORNELIUS A DAVELAE…, D. ANTONIUS OETGENS …, D. ALBERTUS CONRADI BURGH …, D. PETRUS HASSELAER, D. ABRAHAMUS BOOM …’

– Portrait group of four seated Amsterdam burgomasters (Antonius Oetgens van Waveren, Albertus Conradi Burgh, Petrus Hasselaer, Abraham Boom) with Cornelis Davelaer standing left; scene from the 1638 ceremonial entry of Marie de’ Medici.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 38 x 29.3 cm (14.96 x 11.54 inch). Image size: 38 x 29.3 cm. (14.96 x 11.54 inch).

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

AMSTERDAM BURGOMASTERS, MARIE DE MEDICI, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, CIVIC PORTRAIT, THOMAS DE KEYSER, JONAS SUYDERHOEF, GROUP PORTRAIT, 17TH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM | PCO-E15-2-9

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Illustration to Caspar Barlaeus’ ‘Medicea Hospes’, Amsterdam 1638.

Reference: Hollstein 14.I; Muller 1793.B.

Biography engraver: Jonas Suyderhoef (c. 1613-1686), Dutch engraver known for finely detailed portrait engravings and reproductions of paintings by Dutch masters. He was active in Haarlem and produced many prints after contemporary painters including Frans Hals and Thomas de Keyser.

Biography artist: Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596-1667) was a Dutch painter and architect, prominent in early 17th-century Amsterdam. He was renowned for portraiture and was a key predecessor to Rembrandt. His work reflects detailed realism and a focus on Amsterdam’s patrician class.