Original antique 18th-century burin engraving with the portrait of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk, the navigator who wintered in Novaya Zemlya and defeated the Spanish fleet at Gibraltar in 1607. Bust in armor within an oval on a pedestal with a cartouche, engraved by Jacob Houbraken after a drawing by A. Schouman and published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam.
Original antique 18th-century burin engraving with the portrait of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk, the navigator who wintered in Novaya Zemlya and defeated the Spanish fleet at Gibraltar in 1607. Bust in armor within an oval on a pedestal with a cartouche, engraved by Jacob Houbraken after a drawing by A. Schouman and published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam.
Medium: Copper engraving, burin
Artist / after: A. Schouman
Engraver / lithographer: Jacob Houbraken
Date: 18th century
Source: Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam ("Is. Tirion excudit")
Dimensions: 5.1 x 8.3 in (13 x 21.2 cm)
Condition: Fair. Toned laid paper, with foxing in the right margin and small areas of wear along the edges; the image clean.