Antique Print-PORTRAIT-WILLEM KEY-PAINTER-Hondius-1610

Description

Engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: pot. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 11.7 x 19.5 cm. The image size is ca. 11.7 x 19.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 4.6 x 7.7 inch. The image size is ca. 4.6 x 7.7 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘De Guilielmo Caio Bredano pictore.’ – Portrait of the painter Willem Key. Published by Hendrik Hondius in 1610. State: Only state. Ref: New Hollstein 101.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Hendrik Hondius’ after an anonymous artist. Hendrik Hondius / Hond, ‘the elder’ (1573-1650) was a Dutch designer and engraver from Duffel. He was a pupil of Jan Wierix and Jan Vredeman de Vries. He was a very active printmaker/publishers in the early part of the 17th. Century. He first worked abroad and then settled in The Hague. He mostly engraved portraits.

Condition: Good, given age. No margins, laid down on a supportsheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-PORTRAIT-WILLEM KEY-PAINTER-HONDIUS

PCO-C100-32