Print Description
Ter Gedagtenis van Z.D.H Willem de V …’ – ‘Dit kunst tafereel zy ter Gedachtenis gewyd, Aan Vyfden Willem …’
View through a gate with curtains onto the allegorical grave monument for prince Willem V. The tomb is flanked by muses representing the truth and persiverence (right) and immortality (left). At the base a writing historie (right) and a mother with three children.
Engraved by Christian Forssell. Published by Johannes Groenewoud Jansz.
Christian Didrik Forssell (1777-1852) was a Swedish painter, draughtman and print maker. He was a pupil of Elisaeus Winding; from 1791 apprenticeship as a goldsmith and seal engraver in Zeist (Netherland); in 1794/95 interpreter for French general Pichegru; in the late 1790s settled as engraver in Amsterdam; trained under Bervic in Paris 1806-08; in 1815 member of the art academy in Stockholm where became professor of drawing in 1817.
Etching and stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Large eagle watermark. Proefdruk. (Proof impression).
Image with text c. 36 x 51 cm. Sheet: c 45 x 58,5 cm.
Ref: FMH 5667.
