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Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798) - Antique title page, printdrawing | Prentwerk, published 1765, 1 p.

Title: Antique title page, printdrawing | Prentwerk, published 1765, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece to ‘Prentwerk’, published 1765. A pedestal, with on top a cupid holding a shield bearing Jonas Witsen’s coat of arms, and a fasces at its feet.A drapery attached to the pedestal carries the text: ‘Viro / Amplissimo, Nobilissimo, / Ionae Witsenio / Ieto, civium Amstelaedamensium / Patri Consuliq / Vigilantissimo, / Omnium atrium ac disciplinarum / Ptrono; / Sed insprimis Picturae ejusq partium / Maecenati & Exercitori / Haereditario; / Huno ceri incisorum Extyporum fasciculum, quasi manuexarata & delineate / Excellentissimorum inter Belgas / Pictorum / imitantium, / eâ quâ par est reverantia / D. i Febr. 1765 / D.D.D / Inventor / Cornelius Ploos van Amstel.’On the verso the device of Ploos van Amstel (L.2725).[NL] Monument met bovenop een staande putto, die een schild vasthoudt. Naast de putto een fasces. Print drawing: etching, printed from 2 plates on laid paper ; total 252 x 242 mm, Laurentius 1.

Keywords: Allegories|Book illustrations|Coats of arms|Frontispiece|Genealogy & Heraldry

Price: EUR 272.25 = appr. US$ 295.89 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: 65717