Antique Master Print-TITLE PRINT-LOF DER TEGENSPOED-vd Schley -Van Amstel-1762

Description

Title print for “L.W. van Merken, Lof der Tegenspoed, 1762” (L.W. van Merken, In Praise of Adversity, 1762), with the personification of Freedom pointing to a painting depicting the personification of Faith.

Made by Jacob van der Schley after Cornelis Ploos van Amstel.

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

Sheet size: 15 x 19.2 cm (5.91 x 7.56 inch). Image size: 14.2 x 17.8 cm. (5.59 x 7.01 inch).

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

TITLE PRINT-LOF DER TEGENSPOED-IN PRAISE OF ADVERSITY-LIBERTY-FAITH-FREEDOM | PCO-C44-1

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Publisher by Pieter Meyer in Amsterdam.

Biography engraver: Jakob van der Schley aka Jakob van Schley (26 July 1715 Amsterdam – 7 February 1779 Amsterdam) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver.

Biography artist: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726, in Weesp – 1798, in Amsterdam), was an eighteenth-century Dutch painter and art collector.