Antique Print-HENDRICK LONCK-LONQUE-DUTCH NAVY-PORTRAIT-Anonymous-van den Bosch-1683

Description

Original antique print showing a portrait of Hendrick Corneliszoon Lonck (or Loncque and Loncq) (born 1568, Roosendaal ? 10 October 1634, Amsterdam), a Dutch naval hero, was the first Dutch sea captain to reach the New World.

Made by Anonymous after Lambert van den Bosch.

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

Sheet size: 15.7 x 19.5 cm (6.18 x 7.68 inch). Image size: 13.4 x 16.5 cm. (5.28 x 6.5 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Minor creases right edge. Paper loss at bottom right, remargined. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HENDRICK LONCK-LONQUE-DUTCH NAVY-PORTRAIT | PCO-C45-32

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Leeven en Daaden der Doorluchtigste Zee-helden, beginnende met de Tocht na Damiaten, voorgevallen in den Jare 1217. En eindigende met den beroemden Admirael M.A. de Ruyter’ by Lambert van den Bos(ch), published in Amsterdam 1683.

Biography engraver: Engraver unknown/to be determined.

Biography artist: Lambert van den Bosch (1620 ? 1698), Dutch author.