Portraits of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Pieter van Gunst (c. 1659-1731) and Charles Louis Simmonneau (1645-1728), after Adriaen van der Werff, engravings, c. 1698

These portraits come from a richly illustrated book on the history of England, Scotland, and Ireland published in Rotterdam around 1700. However, a presumably 18th-century owner cut them out of the book, pasted them onto mounts, and provided them with a grey border. The portraits were then also coloured in. Probably to hang them up as small paintings afterwards.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-2010-329-65
  • Dimensionsheight 308 mm x width 183 mm
  • Physical characteristicsets en gravure, met de hand gekleurd; gemonteerd op blauw papier