![[Christiaan Huygens the Elder] Christianus. Hugenius. Celsiss. Arusion. Principi. Guielmo. I. et. Postea . Consil. Status Foeder. Belgii. a. Secretis.](jpegs/64800.jpg)
[Christiaan Huygens the Elder] Christianus. Hugenius. Celsiss. Arusion. Principi. Guielmo. I. et. Postea . Consil. Status Foeder. Belgii. a. Secretis.
A. Blooteling Fecit et ex Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollaniae et West-frisie [n.d., c.1680].
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"), large margins. Ink collector's stamp of Alfred Morrison (Lugt L151) on reverse.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Christiaan Huygens the Elder (1551-1624) who served William the Silent until the latter's assassination in 1584, when he became secretary to the Council of State that oversaw the newly formed United Provinces of the Netherlands. His grandson, also Christiaan Huygens, invented the pendulum clock in 1657.
Ex: Collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd; & Alfred Morrison (1821-97), sold at Sothebys 1919-21, Wessely 25; Le Blanc 140.
[Ref: 64800] £320.00
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"), large margins. Ink collector's stamp of Alfred Morrison (Lugt L151) on reverse.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Christiaan Huygens the Elder (1551-1624) who served William the Silent until the latter's assassination in 1584, when he became secretary to the Council of State that oversaw the newly formed United Provinces of the Netherlands. His grandson, also Christiaan Huygens, invented the pendulum clock in 1657.
Ex: Collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd; & Alfred Morrison (1821-97), sold at Sothebys 1919-21, Wessely 25; Le Blanc 140.
[Ref: 64800] £320.00