Willem van der Borcht

1650s

Michael Sweerts

Artist, Flemish, 1618 - 1664

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 19.7 x 15.6 cm (7 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.4.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 18


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Michael Sweerts Eq. Pi et fe.; in image on letter: G. V. Borght

Wikidata ID

Q76348807


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