Prints / Portraits & Caricatures

[Portrait] Werff, Adr.n / Gunst, P. A.

Charles - Quint

Late 17th. or early 18th. century. Plate mark 32 x 18,5 cm. The whole sheet 36,5 x 22 cm. Engraving.

A couple of creases. Nice condition.

A portrait of Charles V, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire 1519-1556. Engraved by Pieter Steven van Gunst after an original by Adriaen van der Werff. Van Gunst was a dutch engraver and draughtsman who engraved many portraits after van der Werff, van Dyck and van Hornhorst. Adriaen van der Werff was an enormously popular dutch painter.

Item No: 2956