Original line engraving with the portrait of Aerd van Nes (1626-1693), lieutenant admiral of Holland and West Friesland, with an embroidered sash and hair to his shoulders, within a moulded oval on a pedestal with cartouche. Signed below "J. Houbraken sculps.".
Original line engraving with the portrait of Aerd van Nes (1626-1693), lieutenant admiral of Holland and West Friesland, with an embroidered sash and hair to his shoulders, within a moulded oval on a pedestal with cartouche. Signed below "J. Houbraken sculps.".
The margins retain the references of the work it comes from, "XII Deel" and "Pag. 468", proper to the great histories of the Netherlands that Jacobus Houbraken illustrated with his gallery of portraits through the eighteenth century.
Medium: Line engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Jacobus Houbraken
Date: 1760
Dimensions: 5.0 x 8.3 in (12.7 x 21.2 cm)
Condition: Fair; laid paper with horizontal creases, uneven toning and damp staining in the right margin; the image remains sharp