Antique Master Print-JOHAN-VAN-OLDENBARNEVELT-DECAPITATION-EXECUTION-Visscher (II)-1619

Description

Onthoofding van Oldenbarnevelt (Decapitation of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt).

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Etching / Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 36.1 x 19 cm (14.21 x 7.48 inch). Image size: 36 x 19 cm. (14.17 x 7.48 inch).

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

JOHAN-VAN-OLDENBARNEVELT-DECAPITATION-EXECUTION | EXPO-DUTCH/FLEMISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Claes Janszoon Visscher (1587-1652) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker, and publisher. He was the founder of the successful Visscher family mapmaking business. The firm that he established in Amsterdam would be passed down his generations until it was sold to Peter Schenk.