Name: Antique Master Print-CORNELIS DE WIT-PORTRAIT-Blooteling-De Baen-1670-1690
SKU: PCO_1448
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Antique Master Print-CORNELIS DE WIT-PORTRAIT-Blooteling-De Baen-1670-1690

€395.00

‘CORNELIS DE WIT, RUWARD VAN DEN LANDE VAN PUTTEN &C / J DE BANE PINXIT / A BLOOTELING FECIT’

– Striking mezzotint portrait of Cornelis de Witt, Ruwaard van Putten, a key political figure during the Dutch Golden Age. Executed by Abraham Blooteling, a pioneering Dutch mezzotint engraver, after the painting by Jan de Baen. A strong impression, printed on laid paper, with good tonal range. The original painting is held in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24.5 x 30 cm (9.65 x 11.81 inch). Image size: 21.8 x 27.3 cm. (8.58 x 10.75 inch).

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

CORNELIS DE WITT, DUTCH REPUBLIC, DE BAEN, BLOOTELING, MEZZOTINT, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, POLITICS | PCO-E22-43

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

After the painting by Jan de Baen that is displayed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Reference: Hollstein 199.III; Muller II 6159.

Biography engraver: Abraham Blooteling (1640-1690) was a Dutch engraver and printmaker, one of the first to use mezzotint technique in the Netherlands and England.

Biography artist: Jan de Baen (1633-1702) was a leading Dutch portrait painter of the late 17th century, known for depictions of political and intellectual elites.