VISSCHER, CORNELIS, Portrait of Dirk VII

Beschrijving

'Theodericus VIIus, Florentii IIIi et Adae f.'. Oval portrait of Dirk VII (died 1203), a Count of Holland from 1190, after his father perished in the Third Crusade.

Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 309 x 419 mm., platemark 296 x 407 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number XIV 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.

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.