Antique Print-GRAVE-SIEGE-BRABANT-NETHERLANDS-de Hooghe-c. 1680

Antique Print-GRAVE-SIEGE-BRABANT-NETHERLANDS-de Hooghe-c. 1680

Print

€95.00

‘PRISE DE GRAVE (..).’

– Original antique print showing the siege and capture of Grave in The Netherlands by Parma, 1586 in the Eighty Years War. In the foreground, fighting during a rain shower; on the left, a pontoon bridge over the river. At the bottom left, a cartouche with the title and the legend AO in French.

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SKU: PCO-9728 Category: Tag:

Description

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 29.5 x 23.8 cm (11.61 x 9.37 inch). Image size: 29.5 x 23.8 cm. (11.61 x 9.37 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Trimmed and loosely attached to a carrier. Irregular chipped paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GRAVE-SIEGE-BRABANT-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This original old antique print / plate was published in The Netherlands c. 1680.

Biography engraver: Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist. De Hooghe was skilled as an etcher, draughtsman, painter, sculptor and medalist. He is best known for political caricatures of Louis XIV and propagandistic prints supporting William of Orange. During his career, de Hooghe produced over 3500 prints. He also illustrated books, and his illustrations can be found in some of the most important texts of his period.

Additional information

Dimensions 238 × 295 × 1 cm

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