Portrait of Jan Abel Wassenbergh
Maker
Jan Abel Wassenbergh (artist)
1689-1750
(engraver)
1706-1761
1689-1750
(engraver)
1706-1761
Title
Portrait of Jan Abel Wassenbergh
Date of Production
1751
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 10.9 cm
Width: 10.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2862
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: within the image, on a plaque, black ink: “Hier ziet gy Wassenbergh geschildert naar het leven, / Geheel begraven in der kunstenaren hart; / Wiens meesterlyk penseel de grooste Meesters tart; / Apel zelf, zag hy op, zou hem de voorrang geven / Zwicht Italianisch, en Fransch, en Nederlantsch penseel / Gy schiet te kort voor dat van Grunoos puik juweel. / H.G. V.D.M. te Wilnis. //”; below the image, lower left corner, black ink: “J.A. Wassenbergh Pinx.//”; lower right corner, black ink: “P. Tanje Sculp. 1751. //”.
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