Name: Antique Print-MARIA-DE-MEDICI-PORTRAIT-Van Dalen-1639
SKU: PCO-21213
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Antique Print-MARIA-DE-MEDICI-PORTRAIT-Van Dalen-1639

€295.00

‘SIC IVIT NOSTRAM GRANDIS MEDICEA PER URBEM, / SCEPTRORUM MATER SUSPICIENDA TRIUM.’

– Portrait of Maria de’ Medici seated on a throne, holding a rosary. Above her float three putti with roses and lilies. To her side is a crown on a cushion. This is an early proof before the city view of Amsterdam was added to the background.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 23.6 x 36 cm (9.29 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 20.8 x 29.5 cm. (8.19 x 11.61 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MARIA DE’ MEDICI, AMSTERDAM, 17TH CENTURY, VAN DALEN, FRENCH ROYALTY, BAROQUE PORTRAIT, ENGRAVINGS, BLAEU, CEREMONIAL ENTRANCE | PCO-E15-2-2

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Frontispiece to Caspar van Baerle, Blyde inkomst der allerdoorluchtighste koninginne Maria de Medicis t’Amsterdam, published by J. and C. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1639.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch, Cornelis van Dalen (I), 144.

Biography engraver: Cornelis van Dalen I (1602-1665) was a Dutch engraver active in the 17th century, known for his finely executed portraits and frontispieces, often produced for important political or ceremonial publications.