Jan Six

Jacobus Houbraken

Artist, Dutch, 1698 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6 x 22.6 cm (2 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.9 x 33.1 cm (14 1/2 x 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.39

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ver Huell 1875, no. 384, State [undescribed proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1875

  • Ver Huell, Alexander. Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre. Paris, 1875: no. 384, undescribed proof.

Inscriptions

by later hand (Steinberg?), in graphite, lower center verso: Jan Six Burgomaster of Amsterdam / 1668 - 1750 / proof / mat also read "Vaillant" / but comparison piece is J. Houbraken after Wandelaar; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: No. 210

Wikidata ID

Q76559071

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