Lot Essay
(1) Based on a portrait by Van Mierevelt
Details
Pieter Tanjé (1706-1761)
A Portrait of Prince William of Orange, bust length, in a drawn decorated oval Frame, a Representation of his Assasination and an Allegory on the Free Dutch Republic below
signed 'P. Tanjé'; red and black chalk, pencil and grey wash, brown ink framing lines, countermark IV
352 x 220 mm.; and a portrait of Stadholder Willem Karel Hendrik Friso of Orange by the same hand, 136 x 132 mm. (2)
A Portrait of Prince William of Orange, bust length, in a drawn decorated oval Frame, a Representation of his Assasination and an Allegory on the Free Dutch Republic below
signed 'P. Tanjé'; red and black chalk, pencil and grey wash, brown ink framing lines, countermark IV
352 x 220 mm.; and a portrait of Stadholder Willem Karel Hendrik Friso of Orange by the same hand, 136 x 132 mm. (2)
Provenance
(1) with Lohse, The Hague, 1960
(2) with C. Deirkauf, Utrecht, 1960
(2) with C. Deirkauf, Utrecht, 1960
Engraved
(1) by the artist, with several changes, an impression is sold with the drawing