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Hero en Leander, Jan van de Velde (II), after Willem Pietersz Buytewech, 1621

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Hero en Leander, Jan van de Velde (II), after Willem Pietersz Buytewech, 1621

etching, h 158mm × w 105mm More details

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Identification

Title(s)

Hero en Leander

Object type

Object number

RP-P-OB-15.474

Catalogue reference

Hollstein Dutch 458
Franken&van der Kellen 427

Description

Hero kijkt vanaf een fort met brandende toren naar haar geliefde Leander, die in zee verdronken is.

Creation

Artist

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

Place

Rotterdam

Dating

1621

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching / letterpress printing

Measurements

height 158 mm × width 105 mm

Explanatory note

Boekillustratie in: Houwaert, Johan Baptista. Den handel der amoureusheyt inhoudende vier poetische spelen. Rotterdam: Jan van Waesberghe III, 1621.

Subject

What

(story of) Hero and Leander

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 1991

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Jan van de Velde II to Dirk Vellert, p. 145, cat.nr. 458
L'oeuvre de Jan van de Velde décrit, p. 157, cat.nr. 427

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.333971