Lodewyck vander Helst pinx. A Blotelingh sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1667.]
Engraving. Sheet 465 x 385mm (18¼ x 11½"). Trimmed to plate. Slight foxing and crease in centre (not visible from front)
A posthumous portrait of Auke Stellingwerf (1635-65), a Dutch admiral who died commanding a squadron in the battle of Lowestoft, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. He is shown half-length, his baton in his right hand, leaning on a cannon, the battle raging behind him.
From Collection of Francois Louisberg 1804 in verso in ink.
[Ref: 31755]  £330.00