Description: Source unknown, to be determined. Very interesting print, probably made for a pamflet / broadsheet. It is not clear what it depicts.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Frans Harrewyn' after own design. Frans / Francois Harrewyn (1700-1764) was a Flemish painter, designer and engraver from Brussels. He was mostly active as printmaker and publisher. He was a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe and his father Jacobus Harrewijn.
Subject: Antique Master Print, untitled. Allegory of provinces and rivers paying homage to a king. Probably Spanish Dutch history related. With reference to river gods and religion.
Condition: Good, given age. Margins cropped to the image edge, some old folds. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 25 x 22.2 cm. The image size is ca. 25 x 22.2 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.8 x 8.7 inch. The image size is ca. 9.8 x 8.7 inch.
Medium: Etching on laid paper. Watermark: Monogram IV. (=period)
Location: (LATPC) Q1-127
SKU: 51895
Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS