Name: Rare-Antique Print-DANIEL-HEINSIUS-PORTRAIT-Lievens-c.1640/60
SKU: PICTURA-07485
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Rare-Antique Print-DANIEL-HEINSIUS-PORTRAIT-Lievens-c.1640/60

€1,295.00

‘DANIEL HEINSIVS.’

– Portrait of Dani?l Heinsius, standing half-length, facing right, wearing a fur-trimmed robe and holding a ringed finger to his chest, a book in his left hand. Daniel Heinsius (or Heins) (1580- 1655) was one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: 7-Pointed foolscap.

Sheet size: 20.3 x 26.8 cm (7.99 x 10.55 inch). Image size: 20.3 x 26.8 cm. (7.99 x 10.55 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light handling marks, strong impression, slightly trimmed within the platemark. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JAN LIEVENS, DANIEL HEINSIUS, LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, PORTRAIT PRINT, 17TH CENTURY | EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Joan Meyssens in Antwerp.

State: 4th state.

Reference: Bartsch 58; Hollstein Dutch 22-4; .

Biography engraver: Jan Lievens (1607-1674) was a Dutch painter and printmaker, a contemporary and sometimes collaborator of Rembrandt, known for his powerful portraits and historic scenes.