Faam en Historie
Lucas van Haelwech
1602-07-29
Medium
pen
Dimensions
232; 321
About this artwork
hoogte 321 mm x breedte 232 mm
Art Historical Context
**Faam en Historie** is a delicate pen drawing by Lucas van Hwech, created on July 29, 1602. Measuring 321 mm high by 232 mm wide, modestly scaled work hails from the early Dutch Golden Age, a period the Netherlands was flourishing artistically amid cultural and economic prosperity following independence from Spanish rule. Van Haelwech, a lesser-known Netherlandish draughtsman, captures the title's essence—"Fame" (Faam) and "History" (Historie)—likely through allegorical figures, a popular motif in emblematic art that personified virtues, vices, and abstract concepts to convey moral or histori...