Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 41.5 x 33 cm (16.34 x 12.99 inch). Image size: 24.2 x 20 cm. (9.53 x 7.87 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Small tear in top paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. THEATRE, STAGE DESIGN, GOTHIC PALACE, PALACE INTERIOR, AMSTERDAM SCHOUWBURG, 18TH CENTURY THEATRE | PCO-B9-26 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From the series Stage Designs of the New Amsterdam Schouwburg, 1787?1794; scene from the tragedy Jacob Simonszoon de Ryk by Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Amsterdam 1774. State: Proof ed. Reference: FMH 4288/6; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1905-4051. Biography engraver: Izaak Jansz. de Wit (1744-1809) and Pieter Hendrik Jonxis (1757-1843) were Dutch engravers active in the late 18th and early 19th century in the Northern Netherlands. They collaborated on large theatrical and architectural prints, including stage decor designs for the Amsterdam Schouwburg. Biography artist: Jan Bulthuis (1750-1801) was a Dutch draftsman and painter. Jan Gerard Waldorp (1740-1808) was a Dutch artist and museum curator. He received all paying visitors to the Nationale Kunst-Galerij in the Hague (1800-1805), one of the forerunners of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
