Print Description
Original antique print showing a portrait of Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder (1620 – 1681), a Dutch classical scholar, poet and diplomat.
Made by Reinier Vinkeles after Jan Buys.
Medium: Stipple Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Image size: 8.9 x 15.3 cm. (3.5 x 6.02 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NICOLAAS HEINSIUS THE ELDER-PORTRAIT | PCO-C45-04
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in The Netherlands 1789.
Biography engraver: Reinier Vinkeles (Amsterdam. 1741-1816), was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands, who was the later teacher of several talented artists. He studied for some ten years with Jan Punt and joined the Amsterdam Stadstekenacademie.
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