VISSCHER, CORNELIS, Portrait of John I, Count of Holland

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'Iohanni Imo successit Comes Hannoniae Iohannes Aveniensis'. Oval portrait of John I, Jan I in Dutch (1284 – 1299), Count of Holland and the son of Floris V and Beatrix of Flanders.

Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 326 x 430 mm., platemark 297 x 406 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number XXI 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 excellent condition, with ample margins.

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.