Print Description
Medium: Etching, engraving, stipple on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 33 x 45.2 cm (12.99 x 17.8 inch). Image size: 23.5 x 40.5 cm. (9.25 x 15.94 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Minor age toning, strong impression, wide margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SCIPIO AFRICANUS, ROMAN HISTORY, CLAUDE DUFLOS, GERARD DE LAIRESSE, NICOLAAS VERKOLJE, 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING, JUSTICE CHAMBER THE HAGUE | XXX-B1-28
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: ‘Tafereelen’ with depictions from the paintings in the Binnenhof in The Hague, published in 1737.
Reference: Rijksmuseum object RP-P-1907-4201; IFF 18e siecle 298.
Biography engraver: Claude Duflos (1665-1727) was a French engraver known for his refined technique, active during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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.
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