Portretbuste van Democritus, Jan de Bisschop, after anonymous, 1666 - 1671

Title(s)

Portretbuste van Democritus
Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1907-4494

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 6
• Gelder&Jost 51-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Jan de Bisschop
• after sculpture by: anonymous

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

1666 - 1671

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 170 mm × width 110 mm

What

• Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher, and Democritus, the laughing philosopher

Acquisition

purchase 1907

Copyright

Public domain

• Berckheyde - Bodding, p. 44, cat.nr. 6
• Jan de Bisschop and his icones and paradigmata : classical antiquities and Italian drawings for artisstic instrumentation in seveneenth century Holland, p. 277, cat.nr. 51