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Willem Jacobsz. van Heemskerk

Print
late 17th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, portrait of an elderly man, head and shoulders, facing slightly left, within a plain oval border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWillem Jacobsz. van Heemskerk (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Willem Jacobsz. Van Heemskerk, mezzotint by Abraham Blooteling after Jan van Mieris, late 17th century.
Physical description
Print, portrait of an elderly man, head and shoulders, facing slightly left, within a plain oval border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Width: 13.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Terwyl gy Vreemdeling…zal Leven al shy scheid. Geertruid Gordon de Graeuw.' (Lettered with 6 lines of verse)
  • (Stamped with the mark of the collection of Joseph Gulston, M.P. (1745-1786) (Lugt 2986))
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Wessely, J. E. Abraham Blooteling. Leipzig: Weigel, 1867.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.
  • Muller, Frederik. Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 portretten, van Nederlanders. Amsterdam: F. Muller, 1853.
Collection
Accession number
E.4962-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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