Antique Print-BURGH HAAMSTEDE-CASTLE-KRAAYENSTEIN-Spilman-de Beijer-1746

View(s) of Haamstede Castle and village and Kraayenstein Castle in Burgh-Haamstede in the province of Zeeland, The Netherlands, as they appeared in 1743.

Made by Hendrik Spilman after Jan de Beijer.

Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 9.4 x 7.3 cm (3.7 x 2.87 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Image size indicated is for ea. view plus text. Slightly faded impression. Light browns stains from old tape in margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BURGH HAAMSTEDE-CASTLE-KRAAYENSTEIN | PCO-C294-B-40

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print originates from a Dutch book of town and city views called: ‘Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten’, Amsterdam, 1746 edition. The exact dates the plates were engraved vary.

Biography engraver: Hendrik Spilman (Dutch 1721-1784): engraver and designer of mostly town and city views. .

Biography artist: Jan de Beijer (1703-1780), also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists.