Portrait of the Artist Pierre Tanje
Pierre Tanje, Dutch, 1706 - 1761
after Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch, 1688 - 1772
mid-18th century
Engraving on paper
Image: 13 15/16 × 10 13/16 in. (35.4 × 27.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 11 5/16 in. (40.6 × 28.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund
2008.40.2
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in block, lower right margin: P. Tanje Sculp. 1760.; titled and inscribed, in block, lower center margin: PIETER TANJE, / Gebooren te Bolswaert in Vriesland, den 15 February 1706.; inscribed, in block, lower left margin: J.M. Quinkhard pinx.; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower center: pupil of Falkann [in script] / 1706-1760; inscribed, in graphite, on mound, lower left to right: Pieter Tanje 1706-1761 Portrait of Pieter Tanje [title underscored] after J.M. Quinkhard, 1760. Engraving. LeBlanc 60 Watermark, center: [illegible] / AUVERNGE
Published References
Wolfe, D.E., Prints about Prints, Martin Gordon, NY, 1981, no. 3.
Provenance
Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2008.
Catalogue Raisonne
Le Blanc 60
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