[Engraved by Aert Schouman after Gerard Hoet.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders self portrait of Gerard Hoet (1648-1733), a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. This appears to be printed from a cut-down plate that originally showed the artist half-length, holding a quill, a palette hanging on the wall behind (edge visible here). The Rijksmuseum has both versions.
Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-17.300 & RP-P-1888-A-13936.
[Ref: 57816]  £180.00