Alexander RoelansI.F.IN.D. in Eynthout Excellentiss: Comitis de Tassis etc. Veredar: Cesar: et Reg: Pref: General: apud Antuerpien: Optio. Ętatis XVIII.
A v Diepenbecke delin: W. Hollar sculp:
Londini Ao 1655.
Etching. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed to image. Slight loss top left. Laid on sheet on right margin.
An oval portrait of Alexander Roelants aged 18. He was appointed Imperial postmaster for the Netherlands, an hereditary post, aged 10. Wenceslaus Hollar engraved portraits of several members of the family.
Pennington 1491, state ii of ii, with the addition of the title.
[Ref: 51656] £230.00
Londini Ao 1655.
Etching. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed to image. Slight loss top left. Laid on sheet on right margin.
An oval portrait of Alexander Roelants aged 18. He was appointed Imperial postmaster for the Netherlands, an hereditary post, aged 10. Wenceslaus Hollar engraved portraits of several members of the family.
Pennington 1491, state ii of ii, with the addition of the title.
[Ref: 51656] £230.00