VISSCHER, CORNELIS, Portrait of William IV, Count of Holland

Beschrijving

'Wilhelmus IVtus, Wilhelmi IIItii filius'. Oval portrait of William IV, Willem IV in Dutch (1307 – 1345), count Holland and Zeeland, and also count of Hainaut (as William II).

Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 299 x 408 mm., platemark 298 x 406 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number XXIII 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 very good condition, cropped close to the platemark.

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.