Antique Print-HUIS TE RIJSWIJK-PALACE-THE HAGUE-NETHERLANDS-Schenk-van Gall-1702
Subject: Print titled: 'Het koninglyk Huys te Ryswyk.' (The Royal House in Rijswijk.) Huis ter Nieuwburg or Huis ter Nieuburch (Also called Hof te Rijswijk, Huis te Rijswijk of Huis ter Nieuwburg.) was a palace in Rijswijk, Holland, Dutch Republic. The symmetrical French Classicist building was probably designed by the French architect Jacques de la Vallee and was built between 1633 and 1636 for stadtholder Prince Frederick Henry. It was demolished in the late 18th c.
Description: This original old antique prints / plate originates from: 'Admirandorum Quadruplex Spectaculum; delectum, pictum at aeri in cisum, per Johannem van Gall.', in 4 parts, published by Pieter Schenk, Amsterdam, ca. 1702. This work with 71 views of estates in the Netherlands and Germany is very rare.
Artists and Engravers: The publisher of this work is Pieter Schenk. Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the elder (1660-1711/1713) was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amsterdam and Leipzig. The plates are engraved by Jan van Gall (1656-1722), a respected Dutch engraver from Nijmegen.
Condition: Excellent given age.
Medium: Copperplate etching and engraving on verge type hand laid paper.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 20 x 17 cm. The image size is ca. 16 x 13 cm.
Totaal; 30 x 25 cm
