Portrait of Johan Beuckels (Jan van Leiden)
| Reference: | S35659 |
| Author | Christoffel van SICHEM |
| Year: | 1605 ca. |
| Measures: | 172 x 282 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S35659 |
| Author | Christoffel van SICHEM |
| Year: | 1605 ca. |
| Measures: | 172 x 282 mm |
€300.00
Description
Engraving, 1605 circa, inscribed, in plate, lower right of image: “Christof: van Sichem Sculp: et exc:”. Taken from a work of Jan Cornelisz Woudanus, this one based on Aldegrever’s sketch.
From Historische beschrijvinge ende affbeeldinge der voorneemste hooft ketteren, so vande catholijcke, ende christelijcke kercke […], published in Amsterdam in 1608.
Good example, printed on contemporary laid paper, with unidentified watermark, very good condition.
According to Hollstein, the plate was published with Dutch and German text, in ornamental border, used in edition 1608; without text and ornamental border in edition 1677.
Portrait of Jan van Leiden, (1509 – 1536) an Anabaptist leader from Leiden, in the Holy Roman Empire's County of Holland. Half length, directed to the right, wearing an embroidered coat, a big chain with a crucifix around his neck and a cap; holding a sceptre and orb, a book and a rolled-up sheet of paper and leaning on a balustrade; at top left there is a scroll with an orb and a crown in front of two crossed swords.
Christoffel van SICHEM (Amsterdam 1546 - 1624)
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Christoffel van Sichem, called "de Oude" (1546-1624), of Amsterdam , who lived at Basel , Switzerland, for a few years, published at Amsterdam in 1606 a number of loose sheets, most of them drawn and engraved by himself, on which were pictured a number of " Anabaptists " such as Jan van Leyden , David Joris , and Bernt Knipperdolling . In 1608 these pictures, augmented with some new ones, were published in book form, entitled "Historische Beschreibüng unnd abbildünge der fürnembste Haupt-Ketzer so…"
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Christoffel van SICHEM (Amsterdam 1546 - 1624)
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Christoffel van Sichem, called "de Oude" (1546-1624), of Amsterdam , who lived at Basel , Switzerland, for a few years, published at Amsterdam in 1606 a number of loose sheets, most of them drawn and engraved by himself, on which were pictured a number of " Anabaptists " such as Jan van Leyden , David Joris , and Bernt Knipperdolling . In 1608 these pictures, augmented with some new ones, were published in book form, entitled "Historische Beschreibüng unnd abbildünge der fürnembste Haupt-Ketzer so…"
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