Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5155427
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
JONHR. JAN VAN DER DOES, HEER VAN NOORDWIJK.
Year
Print run
Signed
Publisher
Dimensions
19,4 x 12,3
Printing office
Details

Steel engraving of Jan van der Does, lord of Noordwijk (1545-1604), also known as Janus Dousa, nicknamed Pater ('the Father'). Van der Does was commander during the siege of Leiden, humanist, poet, administrator and librarian of Leiden University. Intended as an illustration for: Johannes Pieter Arend. "General history of the fatherland from the earliest times to the present day". 5 parts. Amsterdam: J.F. Schleijer, 1841-1884. dl. II.5, p. 386. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2014.

This text has been translated automatically from Dutch

Click here for the original text