About this sheet
Antique print, titled: 'Domicella Magdalena Moonsia'
Very rare half length portrait of Magdalena Moons. Magdalena Moonsia is known as the heroine of the city of Leiden (seen over her right shoulder in the back ground).This print is number 2 of a series of four numbered portraits commemorating key figures in the siege story of Leiden by C. Visscher in collaboration with the publisher Pieter Soutman.
Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Cornelis Visscher' after an anonymous artist. Cornelis Visscher (1629, Haarlem – 1658, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the brother of Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher.
Condition: Good, given age. Two light horizontal creases left to right. Left edge verso with remnants of tape from former matting. Small repair top right corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.