Print Description
Original antique print showing an allegorical scene with a buste depicting Katharyne Lescailje as tenth muse. Katharyne Lescailje or Catharina Lescaille (September 26, 1649 in Amsterdam ? June 8, 1711) was a Dutch poet, translator and Publisher.
Made by L. Surugue after N. Vercolje.
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Condition: good, given age. Narrow margins. Bottom captions trimmed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
KATHARYNE LESCAILJE-POET-PORTRAIT | PCO-C45-30
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: Lescailje, Katharyne. De Mengelpo?zy van Katharyne Lescailje. Amsterdam: De Erfgenaamen van J. Lescailje en D. Rank op de Beurssluis, 1731.
Biography engraver: Louis Surugue (1686-1762), French engraver.
Biography artist: Nikolaas Verkolje (Delft 1673-1746 Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and pioneer mezzotint engraver in the Netherlands.
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