Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 26.7 x 37.3 cm (10.51 x 14.69 inch). Image size: 26.7 x 37.3 cm. (10.51 x 14.69 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Thin paper spot at bottom right. Pinsize hole at top middle margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. WILLEM IV, PRINCE OF ORANGE-NASSAU, PIETER TANJE, JEAN FOURNIER, 1753 ENGRAVING, DUTCH REPUBLIC, STADHOUDER, MILITARY PORTRAIT, COAT OF ARMS | PCO-E15-2-40 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Published in Amsterdam with privilege from the Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, 1753. State: Proof ed. before captions. Reference: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, RP-P-OB-65.125; Wurzbach 64; FMP 275-a. Biography engraver: Pieter Tanje (1706-1761) was a Dutch engraver and etcher active in Amsterdam. He was one of the leading portrait engravers of the mid-18th century in the Dutch Republic, producing refined reproductive engravings after contemporary and earlier masters. Biography artist: Jean Fournier (active 18th century) was a painter whose portraits served as models for engraved reproductions. His painted portrait of Willem IV formed the basis for this print by Tanj?.
