Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving (ets en gravure), printed in black ink on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 22.6 x 35.7 cm (8.9 x 14.06 inch). Image size: 22.6 x 35.7 cm. (8.9 x 14.06 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Slight edge wear. Trimmed to the image. Small red staing at middle. Loosely attached to a carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FREDERIK HENDRIK, PRINCE OF ORANGE, PIETER TANJ?, MICHIEL VAN MIEREVELT, 1749 ENGRAVING, DUTCH REPUBLIC, MILITARY PORTRAIT, SOCI?T? BIBLIOPOL ROTTERDAM | PCO-E15-2-39
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Societe Bibliopol (Societas Bibliopolorum Rotterodamensis), 1749.
Reference: Collection Tekeningen & Prenten; inv. BdH 9288 (PK).
Biography engraver: Pieter Tanje (1706-1761) was a Dutch engraver, etcher and draughtsman active in Amsterdam. He was one of the leading portrait engravers of the mid-18th century in the Dutch Republic, producing refined reproductive engravings after earlier Dutch masters.
Biography artist: Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566-1641) was a prominent Dutch portrait painter of the Golden Age. He worked in Delft and portrayed many members of the House of Orange and leading political figures. His formal court portraits served as models for numerous later engravings.
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