Houbraken, Jacob (1698-1780) after Pothoven, Hendrick (1725/28-1807)

[Antique print, engraving] Kenau Simons Hasselaer (portrait of) [1760].

Name: [Antique print, engraving] Kenau Simons Hasselaer (portrait of) [1760].
SKU: 66625
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Bust portrait of Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer wearing a dark suit with a collar with a pleated edge and a white hat with twisted briefs. On her right shoulder, she wears, on a piece of string, a medal with a rampant lion. At bottom right a gun handle and hilt of a sword are visible. According to the legend, Hasselaer played a crucial role in the liberation of the city of Haarlem from the Spanish siege in 1573. Titled below: ‘KENAU SIMONS HASSELAER, Bevelhebster over eene Bende Vrouwen in ‘t beleg van Haarlem. / H. Pothoven del. naar eene Schilderij by den K.r. Burg.r Hasselaer. / J Houbraken fec. // Is. TIRION excud 1760’. Included in “Portraiten van vermaarde persoonadien, dienende tot een aanhangsel op de Vaderlandsche historie.” published in Amsterdam by Isaak Tirion in 1761.

SKU: 66625

Engraving on paper, with tiny margins; plate mark: 168 x 108 mm, total: 180 x 113 mm; despite a couple of light brown stains on the top margin, in good condition. traces of previous mounting on verso. Muller 2197c, Ver Huell 186.

€ 48,40 (€ 40,00 ex. btw)

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