Beschrijving
'Florentius IIIus, Theoderici VIti filius'. Oval portrait of Flrois III (ca. 1140 – 1190) was a Count of Holland from 1157.
Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 302 x 413 mm., platemark 294 x 405 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number XIII 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. sheet a little browned, overall.
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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