Print Description
Oosterhout, near Nijmegen, Gelderland.
Made by P. Velijn after G. van Hardenberg.
Medium: Engraving / Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 30.6 x 21.4 cm (12.05 x 8.43 inch). Image size: 27.3 x 17 cm. (10.75 x 6.69 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soilng and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FLOOD-OOSTERHOUT-NIJMEGEN | PCO-E14-24
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Beschrijving van den Nederlandschen watersnood in Louwmaand van 1820. G.J.A. Beijerinck en W.H. Wansinck.
Biography engraver: Philippus Velijn (1787-1836), also known as Philippus Velyn, was a French-Dutch painter, drawer, etcher, and engraver. He was born on January 31, 1787, in Leiden and passed away on May 4, 1836, in Amsterdam. Velijn received his artistic education at the Drawing and Painting Academy ‘Ars Aemuae Natrae’ in Leiden. He was active as an artist in Amsterdam, Leiden, and Paris. His favorite subjects as an artist were battles, Christian religious representations, and portrait presentations. He also designed devotional prints. Velijn was a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam, the Art Promoting Society V.W. in Amsterdam, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. His work period was between approximately 1793 and 1836. Some of his prints are housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Biography artist: Cornelis van Hardenberg (1755-1843) worked in Utrecht as an artist with landscape and city views as his specialty.
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