Name: Antique Master Print-RIOT-ROTTERDAM-PATRIOTS-ORANGISTS-de Roode-1784
SKU: PCO-24995
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Antique Master Print-RIOT-ROTTERDAM-PATRIOTS-ORANGISTS-de Roode-1784

€395.00

‘AFBEELDING VAN HET GEPLEEGDE GEWELD TE ROTTERDAM AAN DE BURGER COMPAGNIE NO. 9 OP DEN 3 APRIL 1784, ZOO ALS HET ZICH IN DE BAAN STRAAT VERTOONDE.’

– Chaotic street battle in Rotterdam between Orangists and the 9th Patriot Citizen Militia Company, on April 3, 1784. Soldiers fire into a crowd of fleeing citizens. Riot depicts the height of tensions between Republican Patriots and the followers of Stadtholder William V.

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Description

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: French lilly.

Sheet size: 38.9 x 36.2 cm (15.31 x 14.25 inch). Image size: 35.5 x 31 cm. (13.98 x 12.2 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.

ROTTERDAM, 1784, ORANGISTS, PATRIOTS, WILLIAM V, RIOTS, DUTCH REPUBLIC, POLITICAL UNREST, PATRIOT MILITIA, CITIZEN REVOLT, THEODORUS DE ROODE | PCO-B2-19

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in 1784 during the Patriot-Orangist conflicts in Rotterdam.

State: Proefdruk (proof ed.).

Reference: FMH 4550.

Biography engraver: Theodorus de Roode (1736-1791) was a Dutch engraver and painter. He made a study trip to Belgium and Germany around 1756 and later moved to Vienna, where he worked as a portrait painter until 1771. He married E. Wibbels in Rotterdam on July 23, 1786. De Roode created portraits, etchings, and engravings, with notable works including a tombstone for the R. K. St.-Rosaliakerk in Rotterdam and engravings for the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the Rijksprentenkabinet in Amsterdam.