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Petrus van der Plass, apud Amstelo-Batavos, Polycleto maior, Statuarius.

  • ARTIST: Sir Godfrey Kneller

  • MEDIUM: Mezzotint

    DATE: c.1690

  • EDITION SIZE: Plate size 9 5/8 x 7 3/16" (24.5 x 18.2 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: G. Kneller Pinx. P. Schenck Fec. et exe Amstelp cum Privilegio.<br><br> Portrait of Pieter van der Plas II, three-quarter length directed to the right but looking left, wearing a cloak, jacket and shirt, standing behind a ledge, holding a compasses in his right hand and measuring a sculpted head held in his right hand.<br><br> Pieter van der Plas (II) 1655-1708 Dutch painter and sculptor. Son of the Amsterdamse sculptor Abraham van der Plas and brother of the painter David van der Plas.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Bears collection stamp of the Winfield Robbins of Arlington, Massachusetts in the lower left title margin.

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Laid down on another sheet of paper.

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