Print Description
Detailed allegorical frontispiece featuring ornamental vases, tablets, draperies, and other decorative elements representing historical and symbolic themes. Title page for Hendrik Soeteboom’s “Oud-Heeden van Zaan-land Stavoren Vronen en Waterland,” published in 1702. Includes intricate depictions of tablets, vases, draperies, and a medallion with a battlefield scene. Writing with ink on back of print.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Etching on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 7.7 x 12.9 cm (3.03 x 5.08 inch). Image size: 7.7 x 12.9 cm. (3.03 x 5.08 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. Some small tears in paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ZAAN-LAND, STAVOREN, HENDRIK SOETEBOOM, TITLE PAGE, HISTORY OF ZAANSTREEK | PCO-E100-11
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Wilhem Linnig van Koppenol, Amsterdam.
Reference: FMH 90 (De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen).
Biography engraver: Pieter van den Berge (1659-1737) was a Dutch engraver active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Known for creating detailed etchings, including title pages and allegorical works, he contributed to various significant publications of the Dutch Golden Age.
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