Antique Master Print-POMPEIUS-BURNS-LETTERS-Tanje-de Lairesse-Verkolje-1737

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‘G. DE LAIRESSE PINXIT / N. VERKOLJE DELIN. ET EXCUDIT CUM PRIVILEGIO / P. TANJE SCULPSIT.’

– Sextus Pompeius burning the incriminating letters of Marcus Peperna; a scene illustrating clemency and political prudence.

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Description

Medium: Etching, engraving on Hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 33 x 45.2 cm (12.99 x 17.8 inch). Image size: 30.9 x 42.3 cm. (12.17 x 16.65 inch).

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

POMPEIUS, MARCUS PEPERNA, ROMAN HISTORY, PIETER TANJ?, GERARD DE LAIRESSE, NICOLAAS VERKOLJE, CLASSICAL VIRTUE, 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING | XXX-B1-28

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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

Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-1907-4148.

Biography engraver: Pieter Tanje (1706-1761), Dutch engraver renowned for reproducing master paintings into fine prints.

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.

Additional information

Dimensions 45 × 33 × 1 cm

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