Author: SCHOUTEN, Wouter. Title: Mr. Wouter Schouten van Haerlem.
Description: (No pl., ca. 1680). Engraved portrait of Wouter Schouten by Christiaan Hagen. Ca. 19,5 x 15 cm. Fine portrait with six line poem and a sailing ship in rough sea at the background. Wouter Schouten (1638-1704) spent 7 years as a physician in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the East 1658-1665. His travel-account, Oost-Indische voyagie, stayed very popular for a long time because of his ample and vivid descriptions of the countries. Landwehr, VOC, 283; Muller, Portretten, 4836.
Keywords: Asia VOC Dutch East India Company prints prints asia prints portrait prints voc voc general
Price: EUR 82.50 = appr. US$ 89.66 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 33444