Name: Antique Master Print-JOHANNES-JACOBUS-VITRIARIUS-Houbraken-van der Mij-c. 1731
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Antique Master Print-JOHANNES-JACOBUS-VITRIARIUS-Houbraken-van der Mij-c. 1731

€345.00

‘JOHANNES JACOBUS VITRIARIUS JURIS PUBLICI & PRIVATI PROFESSOR.’ ADDITIONAL LATIN DEDICATION TEXT BELOW. LOWER MARGIN: ‘H. VAN DER MIJ PINX.’ AND ‘J. HOUBRAKEN SCULP.”

– Oval portrait of the Dutch jurist and professor Johannes Jacobus Vitriarius shown half-length with one hand on his hip. The portrait is set within an elaborate oval frame mounted on a stone pedestal bearing a Latin inscription praising his scholarship in public and private law. Vitriarius (1679-1745) was a prominent legal scholar and professor of law at Leiden University, known for his writings on Roman-Dutch law and constitutional matters of the Dutch Republic.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26.7 x 34 cm (10.51 x 13.39 inch). Image size: 18.5 x 25.5 cm. (7.28 x 10.04 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.

JOHANNES JACOBUS VITRIARIUS PORTRAIT, JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN ENGRAVING, DUTCH JURIST PORTRAIT, LEIDEN PROFESSOR PRINT, 18TH CENTURY DUTCH PORTRAIT ENGRAVING | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Harvard Art Museums collection; engraving by Jacobus Houbraken after Hieronymus van der Mij, c. 1731.

Reference: VH 435.

Biography engraver: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was one of the most important Dutch portrait engravers of the eighteenth century. The son of the painter and writer Arnold Houbraken, he produced highly refined engravings after painted portraits of notable historical figures. His work appeared in major biographical publications such as The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain. Houbraken’s clear line and delicate shading made his portraits widely admired and collected.

Biography artist: Hieronymus van der Mij (1687-1761) was a Dutch painter and engraver active in Leiden and Amsterdam. Known primarily for portraiture, he produced paintings of scholars, professors, and notable figures of Dutch society. His portraits often served as the basis for engraved reproductions by artists such as Jacobus Houbraken.