BGRN-276

Antique Portrait of Pieter de Carpentier by Valentijn (1726)

  • Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1726
  • Overall size: 21 x 33 cm.
  • Image size: 17 x 29 cm.
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.. Antique Portrait of Pieter de Carpentier by Valentijn (1726)

Description: Antique portrait titled 'Pieter de Carpentier, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indiën'. Old portrait of Pieter de Carpentier, Dutch administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who served as Governor-General there from 1623 to 1627. The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is named after him. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.

Artists and Engravers: François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travelled extensively in the VOC's lands.