Author: EVERTSEN, Cornelis. Title: Den e. manhaften zeeheld Cornelis Evertsen, Lt. Admirael van Zeeland.
Description: (No place, ca. 1665). Engraved half length portrait with baton within laurel-wreath with his coat of arms and naval battles on both sides in the foreground by Aarnout de Jode. With five line poem . Ca. 48 x 34 cm. Cornelis Evertsen the Elder (1610-1666) a member of a Zealand seafarer's dynasty, was also commander of a men-of-war of the navy of Zealand. In 1626 Cornelis Evertsen is first mentioned as actually serving on sea, during a privateering raid. - Fine. Muller, Portetten 1575.a: zeer fraaije gravure; See Roos, Het admiralengeslacht Evertsen.
Keywords: Dutch maritime history piracy prints prints maritime prints portrait
Price: EUR 495.00 = appr. US$ 537.99 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 33806