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5456295
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Prints / graphics
Title
Zie LANGENDIJK, het puik der dichtren aen het IJ.
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17,0 x 13,7
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Bust to the left of Pieter Langendijk (1683-1756) in an architectural oval, on the left decorated with some leaves. Part of a curtain above and right. Below the portrait a cartouche with a six-line verse in Dutch by E. Visscher. Langendijk was a Dutch damask weaver, pattern drawer, playwright and poet. He is the most famous Dutch playwright of the 18th century. Copper engraving and etching by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780). Made in Amsterdam around 1750. Signed in print. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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