Jacobus Houbraken
Date1770
Engraver
Jacobus Houbraken
1698-1780
After work by
Hendrik Pothoven
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsOH: 7 1/2" x OW: 5 1/8" (trimmed to platemark)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1993-37
DescriptionText on the plinth reads: "JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN,/ Gebooren te Dordrecht, den 25 December 1698."Lower margin reads: "H. Pothoven, ad viv. delin 1769./ J. Houbraken, sculpsit 1770."Label TextThis is a portrait of the Dutch engraver Jacobus Houbraken (1697-1780) after a drawing by Hendrik Pothoven and engraved by Houbraken himself. He is depicted with the tools the engraver's trade. He holds a copperplate and in the other hand a burin rests on an engraver's pad.ProvenanceBefore 1993, Bookpress, Ltd. (Williamsburg, VA); 1993-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
