Name: Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-HENDRIK-GRAAF-VAN-DEN-BERGH-Delff-Mierevelt-1634
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Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-HENDRIK-GRAAF-VAN-DEN-BERGH-Delff-Mierevelt-1634

€695.00

‘IN DEO SOLO MEA SPES (IN GOD ALONE IS MY HOPE). LATIN INSCRIPTION WITH FIVE LINES BELOW THE PORTRAIT DESCRIBING TITLES AND OFFICES OF HENDRIK GRAAF VAN DEN BERGH.’

– Half-length portrait of Hendrik graaf van den Bergh, turned slightly right, in armor with a lace collar. Oval frame with motto above, text cartouche below.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 29.4 x 37.8 cm (11.57 x 14.88 inch). Image size: 27 x 35 cm. (10.63 x 13.78 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Tiny tear in left paper edge. Some creasing in bottom left corner. Rear: some remains of paper at top from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HENDRIK GRAAF VAN DEN BERGH, WILLEM JACOBSZ. DELFF, MICHIEL VAN MIEREVELT, DUTCH ENGRAVING, EIGHTY YEARS’ WAR, MILITARY PORTRAIT, 17TH CENTURY | EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Based on a painted portrait by Michiel van Mierevelt.

Reference: Museum inventory BdH 3691 (PK).

Biography engraver: Willem Jacobsz. Delff (1580?1638), Dutch engraver and painter, active in Delft. Known for finely detailed reproductive engravings after portraits by Michiel van Mierevelt and others. Son of Jacob Willemsz. Delff the Elder, he became one of the most important portrait engravers in the Netherlands.

Biography artist: Michiel van Mierevelt (1566?1641), Dutch portrait painter, one of the most successful portraitists of the Dutch Golden Age. His portraits of princes, statesmen, and military leaders were widely disseminated through engravings, especially by Willem Jacobsz. Delff.