Theodericus V, ab exilio ad suos redux, interfecto Gotfredo, agnoscitur Comes X

VISSCHER, CORNELIS (II),

Beschreibung

Oval portrait of Dirk V (1054-1091), Count of Holland (then called Zeeland) from 1061 to 1091. Etching and engraving on hand laid paper, sheet size 432 x 557 mm., platemark 286 x 402 mm., engrqaved by Cornelis Visscher (II) (1628-1658), for 'Principes Hollandiae et Westfrisiae', written by Petrus Scriverius, published in 1650 by Pieter Soutman in Haarlem, which contained a total of 38 portraits of the Counts of Holland, from the year 863 onward. In very good condition, clean impression with ample margins. A horizontal crease over the middle of the sheet, dampstained in the top right corner, where a previous owner wrote some information on this print (in ink). Petrus Scriverius (1576 - 1660), the latinised form of Peter Schrijver, was a Dutch author and scholar on the history of the Low Countries, as well as classical literature. References: Hollstein Dutch 104: 87 iii/3.

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