Antique Print-PORTRAIT-JOHANNES VAN GIFFEN-PEACE TREATY MUNSTER-Hulle-Jode-1649

Subject: Antique print, titled: ”Johannes a Giffen[..].” – Portrait of Johannes van Giffen, a delegate at the 1648 Munster Peace Treaty.

Condition: Very good, given age. Ample margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving on laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 25.8 x 37 cm. The image size is ca. 19.5 x 30.6 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.2 x 14.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.7 x 12 inch.

Part Number: 67816

Location: PCO-A2-24

Description: From: “Les hommes illustres qui ont vécu dans le XXII. siècle: les principaux potentats, princes, ambassadeurs et plenipotentiaires qui ont assiste? aux conferences de Munster et d’Osnabrug avec leurs armes et devises.”, by A. van Hulle, 1649. (Or later ed. published by David Mortier, 1717). Ref: Hollstein 385-515.

Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Pieter de Jode II’ after ‘Anselmus van Hulle’. Pieter de jode II (1606-1670/74) was a son of the engraver and publisher Pieter de Jode I. He was active in the same industry as his father. Anselmus van Hulle (1594-1665) worked in Ghent as a painter.