Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving, printed in black ink on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24.7 x 38.6 cm (9.72 x 15.2 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 35.1 cm. (8.46 x 13.82 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Trimmed to thhe image. Loosely attched to a carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
AMALIA VAN SOLMS, COUNTESS OF SOLMS, PRINCESS OF ORANGE, FREDERIK HENDRIK, JACOB HOUBRAKEN, HENDRIK POTHOVEN, GERARD VAN HONTHORST, 1753 ENGRAVING, DUTCH ROYAL PORTRAIT | PCO-E15-2-39
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Jacobus Haffman and Pieter Meyer, Amsterdam, 1753.
Reference: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, RP-P-OB-104.301; FMP 196-i.
Biography engraver: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was a Dutch engraver and one of the most important portrait printmakers of the 18th century. Son of Arnold Houbraken, he worked in Amsterdam and became renowned for his refined burin technique and elegant portrait engravings after Dutch masters.
Biography artist: Hendrik Pothoven (1725-1807) was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who provided designs for engraved portraits. The composition ultimately derives from a painted portrait by Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656), a leading Dutch Caravaggist painter known for court portraits and historical scenes.
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