Author: Jan Caspar Philips (1680/1700-1775)
Title: [Antique print, portrait, etching and engraving] Portrait of Peter Rabus in a cartouche, published 1740.
Description: A decorative frame with two sphinxes, one on each side, contains a monument on the top of which two putti are hanging the portrait of the writer and poet Peter Rabus. In the foreground a swan and in the background towards the right a seascape with the profile of a city visible in the distance.Signed and dated at bottom: 'J.C. Philips inv. et fecit. 1740'. Etching and engraving on paper; total: 90 x 124 mm; in very good condition; Muller 4359.

Keywords: Allegories|Maritime & Military|Poetry|Portraits|Topography & Travel