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Joannes Bemme (1775-1841), after Johan Bernard Scheffer (1765-1809) - [Original etching/ets] Portrait of DIRK LANGENDIJK/Portret van schilder Dirk Langendijk.

Title: [Original etching/ets] Portrait of DIRK LANGENDIJK/Portret van schilder Dirk Langendijk.
Description: Portrait of the painter Dirk Langendijk in an oval frame. On the foreground a palette with brushes and a print with a scene with soldiers on horse.The print is at an early state, namely before the signatures of the artists were added below the portrait.The names are here reported in pencil, with a slightly different formula than the actual printed version: J.B. Scheffer pinx and J [?] Bemme del sculp. The bottom right corner is inscribed in pencil. Date of publishing ca 1805. Etching on paper with broad margins; plate mark: 243 x 173 mm, total: 434 x 293 mm; state III/4 (although van Someren mentions 7 states) foxing on the margins and a wide damp stain on the bottom right, not affecting the plate; some smudges, otherwise fine condition. Van Someren 3148.

Keywords: Allegories|Artist portraits|Male|Portraits

Price: EUR 108.90 = appr. US$ 118.36 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: 66179