Aeneas knielend door Dido, Jan van de Velde (II), after Willem Pietersz Buytewech, 1621

Identification

Title(s)

Aeneas knielend door Dido

Object type

print

Object number

RP-P-OB-15.471

Catalogue reference

Hollstein Dutch 456
Franken&van der Kellen 425

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Creation

Artist

print maker: Jan van de Velde (II)
after design by: Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

1621

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 158 mm × width 109 mm

Explanatory note

Prent ook gebruikt als boekillustratie in: Houwaert, Johan Baptista. Den handel der amoureusheyt inhoudende vier poetische spelen. Rotterdam: Jan van Waesberghe III, 1621.

Subject

What

the meeting of Aeneas and Dido; when he approaches her throne, the cloud enveloping him and Achates vanishes

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Jan van de Velde II to Dirk Vellert, p. 145, cat.nr. 456
L'oeuvre de Jan van de Velde décrit, p. 157, cat.nr. 425

Persistent URL

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