Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 21.9 x 28.3 cm (8.62 x 11.14 inch). Image size: 21.9 x 28.3 cm. (8.62 x 11.14 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Small tears at top and bottom miidle, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
DIRK HOITSMA, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HOLLAND, DUTCH POLITICS, 18TH CENTURY, 1797, AMSTERDAM, NOACH VAN DER MEER II, JOHANNES CORNELIS MERTENS, OVAL PORTRAIT, POLITICAL PORTRAIT, ETCHING | PCO-E15-2-46
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Amsterdam, 1797. Printmaker and publisher: Noach van der Meer II.
State: Proof ed.
Reference: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, RP-P-OB-23.459 – Van Someren 2519 – Collectie Rijksmuseum 2(2).
Biography engraver: Noach van der Meer II (1741-1822) was a Dutch engraver, etcher and publisher active in Amsterdam. He produced book illustrations, portraits and political prints in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and frequently collaborated with contemporary draughtsmen.
Biography artist: Johannes Cornelis Mertens (1757-1821) was a Dutch draughtsman and decorative painter active in Amsterdam. He designed portraits, allegorical and decorative compositions, many of which were translated into prints by engravers such as Noach van der Meer II.
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