Antique Portrait Print-MARGARET OF AUSTRIA-DUCHESS SAVOY-Houbraken-c.1770

Price: € 22,50

Subject: Decorative engraved portrait of "Margareta van Oostenryk, Hertogin van Parma, Landvoogdes over de Nederlanden" (1480-1530, by her two marriages, Princess of Asturias and Duchess of Savoy, appointed Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 to 1530). Within an oval border.

Condition: Very good, general age-related toning, mostly to the margins. Please study scan closely.

Medium: Engraving/etching on verge type hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 14 x 23.5 cm. The image size is ca. 11 x 17.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 5.5 x 9.3 inch. The image size is ca. 4.3 x 6.9 inch.

Part Number: 26549

Location: C1-39

Description: A portrait from Wagenaar's "Tegenwoordige Staat der Nederlanden." (Amsterdam, Isaac Tirion, ca. 1740-1790).

Artists and Engravers: Artist and engraver: Jacob Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780). Houbraken was a Dutch artist, engraver and art collector. Jacob spend most his time designing and engraving portraits, such as the one offered here. His father (Arnold Houbraken 1660-1719) before him was also a celebrated artist/engraver.