Joseph Benoit Archiduc D'Autriche &.a &.a &a...
Invente et Grave par F: Harrewyn. Dedie par son tres humble et tres Obeisant Serviteur F. Harrewyn ABruxelles 17[illegible]. [n.d. c1771] Very rare engraving, sheet 390 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Damaged to margins top & right. Small margins on 3 sides. Cut at bottom. Full-length portrait of Joseph II (1741–90), swishing his volumnous robes and touching the hilt of his sword, against a background of curtains an ornate chair and a crown on a table. Frans Harrewyn (1700-64) was an etcher and bookseller, mainly active in Brussels. Son of Jacobus (1660-1727) and a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708)
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