Antique Print-SILVER-FLEET-CAPTURE-MATANZAS-1628-PIET-HEIN-Commelin-1652

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‘”AFBEELDINGE IN WAT MANIER DE SILVER VLOOT VANDEN GENERAEL PIETER PIETERSEN HEYN VEROOVERT IS ANNO 1628″‘

– A detailed etching illustrating the Dutch capture of the Spanish treasure fleet, with a portrait of Piet Hein.

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Description

A detailed etching illustrating the Dutch capture of the Spanish treasure fleet, with a portrait of Piet Hein.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Claes Jansz. Visscher.

Medium: Etching on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 36.2 x 28 cm (14.25 x 11.02 inch). Image size: 36.2 x 28 cm. (14.25 x 11.02 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. Origianl middle fold as issued. Paper edges chipped. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PIET HEIN, SILVER FLEET, MATANZAS BAY, 1628, DUTCH NAVAL HISTORY, CLAES JANSZ. VISSCHER, ETCHING | PCO-EXPO-427

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Used as illustration in: I. Commelin, Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw Prince van Orangien: zyn leven en bedryf, Jodocus Janssonius, Amsterdam 1651, fol. 45.

Reference: FMH 1595; Atlas van Stolk 1933-7; Hollstein Dutch 64 (variant).

Biography artist: Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587-1652), Dutch cartographer and engraver renowned for detailed maps and historical scenes.

Additional information

Dimensions 28 × 36 × 1 cm

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