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RENNEFELD, JOHANNES HEINRICH MARIA HUBERT, - Petrus Plancius

Title: Petrus Plancius
Description: Portrait of geographer Petrus Plancius in his study. He sits at a table measuring a globe and making notes. To the right a book on a lectern. Steel engraving on wove paper, book illustration, sheet size 272 x 202 mm. Engraved by Johannes Heinrich Maria Hubert Rennefeld after the painting by S. Altmann. Johannes Heinrich Maria Hubert Rennefeld (Neuss 1832-1877 Amsterdam) was a Dutch engraver and etcher, a student of Benoit Taurel and a from 1862 a member of Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam. S. Altmann is probably Sybrand Altmann (Den Burg 1822-1890 Amsterdam), lithographer, copiist, painter and teacher at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam). From 1856 he too was a member of Arti et Amicitiae. In good condition, right margin uneven from binding, margin edges browned and with scattered foxing. The image area clean and bright.

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Price: EUR 92.00 = appr. US$ 99.99 Seller: Antiquariaat Goltzius
- Book number: 71612

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