Kustgezicht met kerk van de Heilige Drie-eenheid van Gaeta
Israël Silvestre
1636 - 1687
Medium
pen
Dimensions
84; 187
About this artwork
pen in bruin, ondertekening in potlood
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 ...