Name: Antique Print-WILLEM-V-CAROLINA-ORANJE-Tanje-Sanders-1751
SKU: PCO-25718
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Antique Print-WILLEM-V-CAROLINA-ORANJE-Tanje-Sanders-1751

€225.00

‘G. SANDERS DELINEAVIT.? – ‘P. TANJ? FECIT AMST. 1751.? – ‘SOCIET. BIBLIOP. ROTEROD. EXCUDIT.? – ‘WILLEM / DE VDE, / GRAAF VAN BUREN, ENZ. ENZ. ENZ.? – ‘CAROLINA, / PRINSESSE / VAN ORANJE?’

– Double portrait of the young William V, Count of Buren, and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau within an ornamental shield-shaped cartouche. The children are shown half-length; William in armour holding a crowned shield, Carolina holding a flower. Above, trophies and foliage; below, a pedestal with inscriptions. Decorative allegorical framing.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24 x 37.5 cm (9.45 x 14.76 inch). Image size: 24 x 37.5 cm. (9.45 x 14.76 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

WILLEM V OF ORANGE, CAROLINA OF ORANGE-NASSAU, COUNT OF BUREN, PIETER TANJ?, GERARD SANDERS, 1751 ENGRAVING, DUTCH ROYALTY, DOUBLE CHILD PORTRAIT | PCO-E15-2-39

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Societas Bibliopolorum Rotterodamensis (Rotterdam), 1751.

Reference: Collectie Rijksmuseum Twenthe, inv. 2120. Comparable impressions in Dutch portrait collections (1751).

Biography engraver: Pieter Tanje (1706-1761) was a Dutch engraver, etcher and draughtsman active in Amsterdam. He became one of the most prominent portrait engravers in the Dutch Republic during the mid-18th century. Tanj? combined delicate burin work with etching, producing refined portraits after contemporary painters and designers.

Biography artist: Gerard Sanders (1702-1767) was a German-born Dutch draughtsman and designer, active in Rotterdam. He provided portrait designs for leading engravers such as Pieter Tanj?. His compositions often include elaborate allegorical framing in keeping with mid-18th-century taste.