Wapenkaart met de wapens en namen van de heren veertigen van de stad Leiden

About this artwork

Prent uit: Gysbert van Ryckhuysen, Wapenkaart, behelzende alle de wapens en naamen van de (...) heeren veertigen der stad Leyden (...) zedert den 21 july 1449 tot den 21 july 1758, Leiden, Cornelis de Pecker, 1758

About the Artist

Abraham Delfos · 1731–1820

Abraham Delfos (1731–1820) was a distinguished Dutch painter, draughtsman, and engraver whose nearly nine-decade life spanned much of the 18th century and extended into the early 19th, making him a bridge between the late Dutch Golden Age tradition and the emergence of modern Dutch art. Born in Leiden on March 8, 1731, Delfos dedicated his career to the meticulous craft of reproductive engraving, ...