Antique Print-FRONTISPIECE-HISTORY-NETHERLANDS-Van Sichem-1608

Price: € 79,50

Subject: Antique print, untitled. A depiction of the dutch lion with the different coats of arms from the provinces of the Netherlands.

Condition: Good, given age. Thread margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving on laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 15.7 x 20.2 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 19.9 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.2 x 8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 7.8 inch.

Part Number: 59761

Location: C194-45

Description: From "A general historie of the Netherlands". Ref: Hollstein 74.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Christoffel van Sichem I' after 'Christoffel van Sichem'. Christoffel van Sichem I (1546-1624) was active as printmaker/publisher in Amsterdam and Leiden. He spent some years in Antwerp. Christoffel and his brother Karel van Sichem (1575-1604) were both active as graphic artists. They fled from the Southern Netherlands to the Northern Netherlands in the end of the sixteenth century. He was the father of Christoffel van Sichem II (1581-1658).