Author: Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780), after Jan Abel Wassenbergh (1689-1750)
Title: Antique portrait print I Dutch preacher Wilhelmus Themmen, published before 1750, 1 p.
Description: Half-length portrait of Wilhelmus Themmen (1696-1764), turned right, facing forward, in an oval with edge lettering in Dutch. Below the portrait two columns with ten-line verses in Dutch.Inscribed on the frame: WILHELMUS THEMMEN Bedienaar des H. Euangeliums in J. C. Gemeente te Arnhem.Signed, dated and with the address of the publisher at bottom: I. A. Wassenbergh pinxit 1743 / N. Vorster excudit / J. Houbraken sculpsit.Verses by I.P. Broekhof and Johannes Eusebius Voet.[NL] Portret ten halven lijve naar rechts van Wilhelmus Themmen in een ovaal met randschrift in het Nederlands. Onder het portret twee tienregelige verzen in het Nederlands naast elkaar. Portret van Wilhelmus Themmen (1696-1764), predikant te Noordhorn, Nieuwe Pekela, Amersfoort, Arnhem. Engraving on laid paper, with some margins, mounted on cardboard mount; total: 378 x 284 mm; some rubbing due to handling, some light staining on the outer margins; overall in very good condition. Ver Huell 410.

Keywords: Portraits|Religion