Name: Antique Master Print-NIKOLAES-VERSTEEG-MERCHANT-POET-Vinkeles-1771
SKU: PICTURA-12160
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Antique Master Print-NIKOLAES-VERSTEEG-MERCHANT-POET-Vinkeles-1771

€195.00

‘NIKOLAES VERSTEEG, GEBOREN TE ROTTERDAM DEN XIEN VAN WIJNMAEND DES JAERS 1704.
DUS TEEKENDE IK VERSTEEG, WAT KON MEN MEERDER GEVEN / TOT ZIJN VEREEUWIGING? WEL TOCH GAF HET MEEST: / ZIJN DEUGD, ZIJN KOOPBELEID EN DRIFTELYKE GEEST / DOEN HEM, IN IEDERS HART, OP BEURS EN ZANGBERG LEVEN. ? D. BRUYNINX / R. VINKELES, DEL. & SCULP. 1771 / N. SMITHOF & R. ARRENBERG EXCUD.’

– Seated half-length portrait of Nikolaes Versteeg (1700-1773). A Dutch merchant and poet from Rotterdam, in 18th-century dress, at a desk with quill in hand and inkwell. Behind him a curtained bookcase.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.5 x 27 cm (8.07 x 10.63 inch). Image size: 13.1 x 15.5 cm. (5.16 x 6.1 inch).

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

NIKOLAES VERSTEEG, ROTTERDAM, 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT, DUTCH BURGHER, REINIER VINKELES, ETCHING, ENLIGHTENMENT | PCO-E22-40

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Nikolaes Smithof & Reinier Arrenberg, Amsterdam, 1771.

Reference: BdH 22555 (PK), collectie Bierens de Haan.

Biography engraver: Reinier Vinkeles (1741?1816) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver, known for his portraits and book illustrations. He was active in Amsterdam and a key figure in 18th-century Dutch printmaking.

Biography artist: See above ? also the draughtsman of this portrait.