Het Kapitool te Rome
Israël Silvestre
1631 - 1691
Medium
pen
Dimensions
210; 324
About this artwork
hoogte 210 mm x breedte 324 mm
About the Artist
Israël Silvestre
Israël Silvestre (1621–1691) was one of the most accomplished and prolific topographical etchers of seventeenth-century France, a draughtsman whose meticulous views of European cities, royal châteaux, and ancient ruins served simultaneously as artistic documents and instruments of royal prestige. Born on 13 August 1621 in Nancy, Lorraine, Silvestre was orphaned at an early age and taken in by his ...