VISSCHER, CORNELIS, Portrait of Dirk VI

Beschrijving

'Theodericus VI, Florentii Crassi filius'. Oval portrait of Dirk VI (1114 – 1157), became a Count of Holland at eight years of age (with Petronilla of Lorraine acting as regent for the first years).

Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 298 x 403 mm., platemark 294 x 398 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number XII in the top edge of the image.

The work 'Principes Hollandiae et Westfrisiae', written by Petrus Scriverius, was published in 1650 by Pieter Soutman in Haarlem, and contained a total of 38 portraits of the Counts of Holland, from the year 863 onward.

In good condition, cropped close to the platemark. An old restored tear in the top edge, faint horizontal creasing.

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 77-116; Smith 146-185.