A van Veen pinxit. W: Hollar fecit. I: Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm. Some foxing and paper discolouration.
Self-portrait of the Flemish artist and poet Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp. Below the portrait is a biographical note, as Pennington notes, 'in execrable French'. A black chalk drawing by Hollar for this etching is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
P. 1356. III.
[Ref: 4227] £45.00
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm. Some foxing and paper discolouration.
Self-portrait of the Flemish artist and poet Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp. Below the portrait is a biographical note, as Pennington notes, 'in execrable French'. A black chalk drawing by Hollar for this etching is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
P. 1356. III.
[Ref: 4227] £45.00