Rare-Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT PIETER CORNELISZ HOOFT-Bloteling-c.1655

Portrait of P.C. Hooft with a poem by Joost van de Vondel.

Made by Abraham Bloteling after Reinier van Persijn after Joachim von Sandrart.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22.5 x 32 cm (8.86 x 12.6 inch). Image size: 18.2 x 27 cm. (7.17 x 10.63 inch).

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

PORTRAIT PIETER CORNELISZ HOOFT | PCO-A14-04

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 20.

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Biography engraver: Abraham Bloteling (1640-1690) was a Dutch printmaker / printer / publisher. He was a key figure in the introduction of mezzotint to England.

Biography artist: Reinier van Persijn (Dutch; ca. 1614-1688) originated from Alkmaar. He was a pupil of Cornelis Bloemaert and Theodoor Matham. After a trip to Italy Persijn settled in Gouda. Joachim von Sandrart der Alte (1606 ? 1688), born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was a famour art historian, painter, engraver and translator. He travelled to the Netherlands, Rome and England, before settling in Ingolstadt.