Name: Antique Master Print-BANNER TRANSFER-AMSTERDAM-MILITIA-Sluijterman-vd Meer-1786
SKU: PICTURA-12180
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Antique Master Print-BANNER TRANSFER-AMSTERDAM-MILITIA-Sluijterman-vd Meer-1786

€295.00

‘PLEGTIGHEID VAN HET OVERGEVEN DER VAANDELS ENZ. AAN HET EXERCITIE GENOOTSCHAP TOT NUT DER SCHUTTERY. TE AMSTERDAM DEN 13 VAN BLOEYMAAND 1786. OPGEDRAGEN AAN ALLE DE HEEREN LEDEN VAN DAT BLOEIJEND GENOOTSCHAP, DOOR HUN WELED. D.W. DIENAAVEN.’

– Ceremonial transfer of two banners to the exercitiegenootschap ‘Tot Nut der Schutterij’ in Amsterdam, 13 May 1786. In the foreground women in ceremonial clothing; In the background, rows of armed civilians.

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SKU: PICTURA-12180 Category: #WAARDE! Tag: Politics

Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 50.5 x 43.5 cm (19.88 x 17.13 inch). Image size: 47 x 41 cm. (18.5 x 16.14 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Vertical folding mark visible in the middle. Ghosting from from framing/matting. Tears at top middle, bottm left and top left. Remains of paper on rear from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AMSTERDAM, PATRIOTS, MILITIA, FLAG TRANSFER, EXERCISE SOCIETY, WOMEN, CEREMONIAL PROCESSION, 18TH CENTURY, REPUBLIC, CIVIL GUARD | PCO-B8-47

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Edited by N. van der Meer Jr. and S. Sluijterman van der Meer.

Reference: Frederik Muller ‘Nederlandsche historioplaten’, nr. 4711.

Biography engraver: S. Sluijterman van der Meer was an engraver working in the second half of the 18th century, known as a publisher and partly responsible for a number of political prints in the patriot era.

Biography artist: Noach van der Meer Jr. (1741-1822) was a Dutch artist and stage decorator. He drew and designed various political prints and cityscapes, often in collaboration with his family members.