Antique Print-AMERONGEN-ROYESTEIN-CASTLE-Spilman-De Beijer-1746

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Het huis Rojestein' - Sheet with a view of castle Royestein in Amerongen in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Condition: Good, given age. Margins cropped, top margin cropped to the image edge, extended using contemporary paper backed with acid-free archival tape. Two brown stains (from sellotape) in the top left and right edges (slightly affecting image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 10.1 x 7.5 cm. The image size is ca. 9.3 x 7.2 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 4 x 3 inch. The image size is ca. 3.7 x 2.8 inch.

Part Number: 49846

Location: (PCO) C294-26

Description: This print originates from a Dutch book of town and city views called: 'Het verheerlykt Nederland of Kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten', Amsterdam, 1746 edition. The exact dates the plates were engraved vary.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Hendrik Spilman' after 'Jan de Beijer'. Hendrik Spilman (Dutch 1721-1784): engraver and designer of mostly town and city views. Jan de Beijer (1703 - 1780), also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists.