JOHANNES LE FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Medicinae Doctor. Schryver der NATUURLYKE HISTORIE van HOLLAND. Gebooren te Leyden den 23 January 1729. 

JOHANNES LE FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Medicinae Doctor. Schryver der NATUURLYKE HISTORIE van HOLLAND. Gebooren te Leyden den 23 January 1729.
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JOHANNES LE FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Medicinae Doctor. Schryver der NATUURLYKE HISTORIE van HOLLAND. Gebooren te Leyden den 23 January 1729.
JOHANNES LE FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Medicinae Doctor. Schryver der NATUURLYKE HISTORIE van HOLLAND. Gebooren te Leyden den 23 January 1729.

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LastDodo number
5320803
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
JOHANNES LE FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Medicinae Doctor. Schryver der NATUURLYKE HISTORIE van HOLLAND. Gebooren te Leyden den 23 January 1729.
Artist
Hendrik Pothoven, Jacob Houbraken
Technique
Copper engraving
Year
1771
Print run
Signed
Print signature
Publisher
Dimensions
17,3 x 10,8
Printing office
Theme
Portret
Details

Half-length portrait to the left of Johannes le Francq van Berkhey (1729-1812), in an architectural frame, his left arm resting on a plinth. Below that name and details are in four lines in Dutch. On the plinth a bird's nest and writing utensils, a leaf in his hand. Copper engraving by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780), after a drawing by Hendrik Pothoven (1725-1807) from 1771. Signed and dated in print. Made in Amsterdam in 1771. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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