VISSCHER, CORNELIS, Portrait of Godfrey IV

Beschrijving

Oval portrait of Godfrey IV the Hunchback, in Dutch Godfried III van Lotharingen (ca. 1045 – 1076), was a duke of Lower Lorraine.

Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 295 x 397 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number IX 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 over the platemark (without loss of image), original middle fold.

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. Collection stamp of L.A. de Vries on verso.