Beschrijving
Oval portrait of Dirk V (1052 – 1091), was Count of Holland (or Frisia) from 1061 to 1091.
Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 298 x 407 mm., platemark 296 x 401 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number X 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. A small crease in the lower right margin corner, and a small nick in the right margin.
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.
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