Name: Antique Master Print-JOOST-VAN-DEN-VONDEL-Van de Weijer-Hoevenaar-c. 1850
SKU: PICTURA-12828
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Antique Master Print-JOOST-VAN-DEN-VONDEL-Van de Weijer-Hoevenaar-c. 1850

€75.00

‘JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL.”

– Interior scene showing the celebrated Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel seated in his modest bookshop. Vondel is portrayed writing at a small desk while holding a sheet of paper, turning toward the viewer. Shelves behind him contain parcels, books, and papers, suggesting the daily activity of a bookseller’s shop. At the counter a customer is depicted in conversation. The scene emphasizes both Vondel’s literary life and his humble profession as a bookseller in Amsterdam. The print was drawn by W.F. Hoevenaar and printed by P.W. van de Weijer in Utrecht around the mid-nineteenth century and delicately hand-colored.

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Description

Medium: Lithograph, hand-colored on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 22 x 29 cm (8.66 x 11.42 inch). Image size: 22 x 29 cm. (8.66 x 11.42 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.

JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL LITHOGRAPH, DUTCH POET PORTRAIT PRINT, VONDEL BOOKSELLER SCENE, 19TH CENTURY DUTCH LITHOGRAPH, W F HOEVENAAR PRINT | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Lithograph published in Utrecht by P.W. van de Weijer after a drawing by W.F. Hoevenaar, circa 1850.

Biography engraver: Petrus Wilhelmus van de Weijer was a nineteenth-century Dutch printer and lithographer active in Utrecht. His workshop produced a variety of illustrated prints and lithographs, often after drawings by contemporary artists and illustrators.

Biography artist: Willem Frederik Hoevenaar (1808-1889) was a Dutch painter, illustrator, and lithographer active in Utrecht. He produced historical scenes, architectural views, and illustrations of Dutch cultural history. His works often depict notable figures from Dutch literature and history in narrative settings.