Hendrik van der Borcht the Elder

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
1650
Not on view
Portrait of Hendrik van der Borcht the Elder, half-length turned to the right, facing slightly to the left after Hendrick van der Borcht the younger. Half-length portrait of the painter, engraver, dealer and collector, wrapped in a cloak, holding a print.

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  • Title: Hendrik van der Borcht the Elder
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Hendrik van der Borcht II (Dutch, Frankenthal 1614– ca. 1690 Antwerp)
  • Sitter: Hendrik van der Borcht I (Flemish, Brussels 1583–1660 Frankfurt am Main)
  • Date: 1650
  • Medium: Etching; second state of four
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in. (16.3 × 11.2 cm)
    cut outside the borderlines and text but c. 5 mm in height and width
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.205
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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