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Cornelis van Kittensteyn

Plate 1, The Triumphal Entry of Willem of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1623

Description

Maker

  • Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1593-1641, Dutch, publisher
  • After Willem Pietersz. Buytewech, Dutch
  • Cornelis van Kittensteyn, Dutch

Title

Plate 1, The Triumphal Entry of Willem of Nassau, Prince of Orange

Year

1623

Medium

Engraving on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 41 x 37.8 cm (16 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Watermark: Coat of arms with three crowns. Heawood 624, Amsterdam 1618. Collectors marks on verso:Baron Hans Albrecht von Derschau, died 1824 (Lugt 2510); Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606); Deaccession stamp of above (Lugh 2482); Thomas Graf, 1878-1951, Berlin (Lugt 1092a)

Identification

State

i/iii

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2006.46A

Projects & Publications

Publications

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Cornelius van Kittensteyn learned to engrave from Jacob Matham, an apprentice to Hendrick Goltzius. But instead of adapting the Haarlem school’s formulas for tone—particularly their swelling lozenges and dots—Kittensteyn engraved with a deliberate delicacy, concentrating on straight lines placed in more traditional patterns, similar to the fine manner of Wierix. Seemingly a conscious alteration to his teacher’s style, Kittensteyn’s technique allowed him to place emphasis on the many textures of the composition—textiles, animal skin, and hair—over heroic form or dramatic lighting effects.

Conceived as a triumphal procession in five sheets intended to be viewed as a frieze, this set is missing its fourth sheet. The theme is related to a painting executed at the city hall of Delft in 1620 and now lost. The composition presents an imagined procession of several generations of the ruling family of The Netherlands, the House of Orange. The patriarch, William of Nassau (the Silent) sits in the final chariot and is preceded by his successors. The historical figures are flanked by the Christian Virtues, the Political Virtues, and the Military Virtues, each numbered and named in Kittensteyn’s elaborate calligraphic script.

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