Name: Antique Master Print-CORNELIS DE WITT-MAYOR OF DORDRECHT-Picart-1729
SKU: PICTURA-12808
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Antique Master Print-CORNELIS DE WITT-MAYOR OF DORDRECHT-Picart-1729

€85.00

‘CORNELIS DE WIT BURGERMEESTER VAN DORDRECHT, EN RUWART VAN DEN LANDE VAN PUTTEN. &C.’ UPPER RIGHT: ‘TOM. III. PAG. 262.’ LOWER LEFT IN PLATE: ‘B. PICART SCULPS. DIR. 1729.”

– Oval portrait of the Dutch statesman Cornelis de Witt shown half-length in richly embroidered costume with lace cravat and sash, set within a stone oval frame on a pedestal with identifying inscription. Cornelis de Witt (1623-1672) was a Dutch statesman, burgomaster of Dordrecht, and Ruwaard of Putten. He was the brother of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and played an important role in the politics of the Dutch Republic during the First Stadtholderless Period. In 1672, the Rampjaar, he and his brother were murdered in The Hague by an Orangist mob. This engraved portrait was made by Bernard Picart and appeared in historical and biographical publications in the late 17th and early 18th century.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 18.6 x 26.7 cm (7.32 x 10.51 inch). Image size: 17.2 x 25 cm. (6.77 x 9.84 inch).

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

CORNELIS DE WITT PORTRAIT, BERNARD PICART ENGRAVING, MAYOR OF DORDRECHT PRINT, DUTCH STATESMAN PORTRAIT, 18TH CENTURY DUTCH ENGRAVING, RUWAARD VAN PUTTEN, DE WITT BROTHERS | PCO-A14-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Found in editions of Dutch historical works such as P.C. Hooft, Bor, or Jean Le Clerc; engraved by Bernard Picart, 1729.

Reference: FMP 6161.

Biography engraver: Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was a French painter and engraver. He received his art education from his father, Etienne (1632-1721), from Le Brun and Jouvenet at the Royal Academy. His talents developed rapidly: at the age of sixteen he gained honors at the Academy of Paris. His prints in the ‘French’ taste were very popular. His way of working was also very influential for the book illustration in the Netherlands.