Name: Antique Master Print-PORTRAITS-STAIRCASE-STADTHOLDERSHIP-NETHERLANDS-Kok-1802
SKU: PCO_1442
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Antique Master Print-PORTRAITS-STAIRCASE-STADTHOLDERSHIP-NETHERLANDS-Kok-1802

€395.00

‘TAFEREEL VAN HET STADHOUDERSCHAP IN DE NEDERLANDEN VAN A.1565 TOT 1802.’

– Allegorical scene representing the succession of Stadtholders in the Netherlands, shown as a procession down a grand staircase. William I appears at the top, William V at the bottom, accompanied by Frederick William II and Napoleon.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 33.6 x 45.7 cm (13.23 x 17.99 inch). Image size: 33.6 x 45.7 cm. (13.23 x 17.99 inch).

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

WILLIAM V, HOUSE OF ORANGE, STADTHOLDERS, FRENCH REVOLUTION, ALLEGORY, 18TH CENTURY, NETHERLANDS, FREDERICK WILLIAM II, NAPOLEON, PATRIOTS, HISTORY | PCO-B3-09

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by J. D. Jongh.

Reference: FMH 5623.

Biography engraver: Willem Kok (1761-1807) was a Northern Dutch engraver, etcher, and draughtsman. He worked in Amsterdam and spent several years in Paris. Student of Caspar Jacobsz. Philips. Active between 1786 and 1806.