Portret van Willem III
Gerard Valck
1662 - 1726
Medium
paper
Dimensions
255; 350
About this artwork
Willem III, prins van Oranje-Nassau en sinds 1689 koning van Engeland. Hij draagt een harnas met een kraag van kant. In de marge een gedicht over het koningsschap in Engeland.
About the Artist
Gerard Valck · 1652–1726
Gerard Valck (1652–1726) was a Dutch engraver, publisher, and cartographer whose career bridged the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age and the 18th-century Enlightenment. Born on September 30, 1652, in Amsterdam to a silversmith father, and dying on October 21, 1726, Valck played a crucial role in introducing and developing mezzotint printmaking in England while also establishing a significant publishi...