Antique Print-MONTFOORT-NESS-CASTLE-Spilman-De Beijer-1746

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Het Huis de Ness' - Sheet with a view of the castle Nesse in Montfoort in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Condition: Very good, given age. Margins cropped, lower margin cropped to the platemark. 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. 11 x 8.4 cm. The image size is ca. 9.6 x 7.7 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 4.3 x 3.3 inch. The image size is ca. 3.8 x 3 inch.
Part Number: 49835
Location: (PCO) C294-15
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.