Antique Master Print-LUCIUS-PAPIRIUS-FABIUS-MAXIMUS-Tanje-de Lairesse-Verkolje-1737

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 33 x 45.2 cm (12.99 x 17.8 inch). Image size: 30.9 x 42.8 cm. (12.17 x 16.85 inch).

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

LUCIUS PAPIRIUS, FABIUS MAXIMUS, CLASSICAL ROMAN HISTORY, PIETER TANJ?, GERARD DE LAIRESSE, NICOLAAS VERKOLJE, 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVINGS, BINNENHOF THE HAGUE | XXX-B1-28

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Tafereelen’ with depictions from the paintings in the Binnenhof in The Hague, published in 1737.

Reference: Rijksmuseum object RP-P-1907-4147.

Biography engraver: Pieter Tanje (1706-1761) was a Dutch engraver who specialized in reproducing historical paintings and portraits, notably translating major Dutch masters into print form.

Biography artist: Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711) was a talented Dutch Golden Age engraver, painter and art theorist. Born at Liege, 1660 to Berlin, 1665 to Amsterdam. moved to The Hague around 1684. Nicolaas Verkolje (1673-1746), Dutch draftsman and engraver.