LEO AB AITZEMA. 

• Hendrik Bary 

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  Jan de Baen
• Copper engraving 
• Print signature 
• Portret 

Half-length portrait of Lieuwe van Aitzema (1600-1669). Head to the right, body to the left. Father time in the background with an hourglass. Copper engraving by Hendrik Bary (1632-1707), after a painting by Jan de Baen (1633-1702). Made in 1666. Signed and dated in print. . Van Aitzema was a Dutch diplomat, historian and spy for England during the First and Second Anglo-Dutch War. Because Van Aitzema included a large number of official documents in his works and commented on them, they are still of great importance to contemporary historians. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2014; National Office for Art Historical Documentation, 2014.

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