The arrest and murder of Johan and Cornelius de Witt

Romeyn de Hooghe_01

 

ROMEYN DE HOOGHE

Amsterdam 1645-1708 Haarlem

Provenance:
Beyers Utrecht 28 November 1968 lot 52 two of four
Christie’s Amsterdam 30 November 1987 lot 92 two of four
Phillips Londen October 1990 two of four
Sotheby’s Amsterdam 9 November 1999 lot 81-84
Private collection Europe

Related Literature
FW Hollstein, Hollstein’s Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450 – 1700
dl 9, p. 120.
Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, 4 delen, F. Muller, Amsterdam 1863-1882, dl. I (jaren 100 tot 1702), p. 362, nr. 2401a-d.

These four drawings by the Dutch artist Romeyn de Hooghe where also brought out in print. The political murder on the De Witt brothers in 1672 was depicted in several prints by De Hooghe after that year.  These four were printed in a newspaper manner with a written explanation below .

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Dimensions: Each 206 x 318 mm

Provenance: Private collection Europe

Techniques: heightened with white/light brown paper