Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 28.9 x 41.7 cm (11.38 x 16.42 inch). Image size: 24 x 36.8 cm. (9.45 x 14.49 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Attached to a carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WILLIAM I, PRINCE OF ORANGE, ASSASSINATION, DUTCH INDEPENDENCE, MIEREVELT, TANJ?, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, HISTORICAL PORTRAIT | PCO-E15-2-21
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Societas Bibliopolarum Roterodamensium (Rotterdam Booksellers’ Society).
Reference: Le Blanc 40; Wurzbach 59.
Biography engraver: Pieter Tanje (1706-1761) was a Dutch engraver known for his portraits and historical subjects. He worked in Amsterdam and Leeuwarden and collaborated with leading artists of his time to reproduce painted works as engravings.
Biography artist: Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1567-1641) was a prominent Dutch Golden Age painter, particularly known for his portraiture. He served as court painter and produced likenesses of many leading Dutch and European figures.
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