Name: Antique Print-DESIDERIUS ERASMUS-PORTRAIT-Houbraken-Pronk-c.1747-1759
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Antique Print-DESIDERIUS ERASMUS-PORTRAIT-Houbraken-Pronk-c.1747-1759

€75.00

‘DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, GEBOREN TE ROTTERDAM, IN ?T JAAR 1467, OVERLEDEN TE BAZEL, IN ?T JAAR 1536.? – ‘NAAR C. PRONK GET.? – ‘J. HOUBRAKEN SCULP.?’

– Oval portrait of Desiderius Erasmus turned to the left, wearing cap and cloak, set within a broad engraved frame resting on a plinth bearing his name and biographical dates. Scholarly 18th-century Dutch reproductive portrait after a drawing by Cornelis Pronk.

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Description

Medium: Engraving (burin) on copper on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 12.2 x 19.3 cm (4.8 x 7.6 inch). Image size: 11.5 x 17.7 cm. (4.53 x 6.97 inch).

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

DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, JACOB HOUBRAKEN, CORNELIS PRONK, ISAAK TIRION, VADERLANDSCHE HISTORIE, DUTCH HUMANIST, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, ROTTERDAM, PORTRAIT PRINT | PCO-E15-2-44

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Jan Wagenaar, Vaderlandsche Historie, Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion, 1749-1759.

Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-48.717; Ver Huell 117; FMP 1528-ss; Muller 1528ss.

Biography engraver: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was a Dutch engraver and etcher from Amsterdam, son of Arnold Houbraken. He became one of the most important portrait engravers of the 18th century in the Netherlands, producing refined book illustrations and historical portrait series for publishers such as Isaak Tirion.

Biography artist: Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759) was a Dutch draughtsman, designer and topographical artist. He supplied numerous portrait drawings that were translated into engravings by Houbraken and others for historical publications in the Dutch Republic.