No binding. Zustand: Good. Portrait of architect Jacob van Campen (1596-1657), bust length behing a plinth, the right arm resting on the support. After a painting by Jan Lievens.Inscribed below: ' IACOBUS A CAMPEN, DOMINUS IN RAN= / DEBROEK, &c. ARCHITECTUS INCOMPARIBILIS. / [in cursieve sierletter:] Dus was het anschijn des weêrghadelozen Bouwers / Van 't achtste wonderstuk, het Raadthuys t' Amsterdam; / Zijn Geest wydtlustigh straalt in d'ooghen der anschouwers / Uit all' de werken, die zijn Konst in handen nam; / En schoonze in duurzaamheidt voorbij alle and're streeven, / Zijn onverwelkb're lof zal z' efter overleeven. / L. Meyer.'Used as image in: 'Afbeelding van't Stadt Huys van Amsterdam. In dartigh Coopere Plaaten geordineert. en Geteechenkt door Jacob Vennekool,' published in Amsterdam in 1661 and subsequent editions. Engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark; a bit browned. total: 406 x 241 mm; state II/2;mounted on light cardboard; toned aging paper, some smudges and a small fray at the bottom middle; charming impression. Hollstein 1, Muller 899, van Someren II, p. 176.
Bust-length portrait of the architect Jacob van Campen (Haarlem 1596 - 1657 Amersfoort). Jacob van Campen is known for being the architect of the Amsterdam city hall (currently the Royal Palace on the Dam square). A Dutch laudatory poem in the lower edge. Engraving on laid paper, sheet size 408 x 238 mm., carrier size 413 x 249 mm. Engraving by Abraham Lutma after the painting by Jan Lievens. The poem by L. Meyer. Abraham Lutma (Amsterdam 11628-1692) was a Dutch print artist and draughtsperson. Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607-1674 Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and draughtsperson. In good condition, cropped within platemark, attached to a carrier sheet. Some wrinkling in the top edge (caused by the mounting). A few small spots in the caption below the image. References: Hollstein p. 108: 1 (only state); Muller Portraits p. 55: 899a; Van Someren II p. 176.