Jan Six

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

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

Accession Number

2011.139.39

Artists / Makers

Jacobus Houbraken (artist) Dutch, 1698 - 1780

Jan Wandelaar (artist after) Dutch, 1690 - 1759

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

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