Anonymous after Schut, Pieter Hendricksz. (1618/19-1660/80)

[Engraving] Kenau Simons Hasselaer (portrait of), 1807-1808.

Name: [Engraving] Kenau Simons Hasselaer (portrait of), 1807-1808.
SKU: 66634
Price: 20.00 EUR
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Full-length portrait of Kenau Hasselaer standing in front of the city walls of Haarlem. Other women in the background. The woman is holding a spear with her right hand and a large sword hangs from her waist. According to the legend, Hasselaer played a crucial role in the liberation of the city of Haarlem from the Spanish siege in 1573. Titled and inscribed below: ‘KENAU SIMON HASSELAER. naar de oorspronkelijke afbeelding in een der verrekken van den Cloveniers-doelen te Haarlem.’ The original plate was included as plate in ‘Batavise Romeyn; ofte alle de voornaemste heldendaden, ridderlijke feyten en listige oorlogs-vonden, in veld en zeeslagen, overwinninge van steden en schepen, en in andere gelegentheden, by de Hollanders en Zeeuwen verricht, zedert den iare 1492 tot 1661’, a work by Petrus de Lange. This plate adorns Cornelis Leendertsz. de Koning’s: ‘Tafereel der stad Haarlem en derzelver geschiedenis van de vroegste tijden af tot op den Tegenwoordigen toe’, published in four volumes between 1807 and 1808.

SKU: 66634

Engraving on paper, trimmed close to plate mark; total: 225 x 138 mm; some stains and smudges, nice impression.

€ 24,20 (€ 20,00 ex. btw)

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