Iaen Worrenberg, neé [sic] en Suisse, ageé [sic] de 37 ant [sic], a 2 pied 7 pouce de hoteur [sic] = Hans Worrenberg, het Switsertie, is lang 2 voet, en 7 duym [graphic].
1695
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Iaen Worrenberg, neé [sic] en Suisse, ageé [sic] de 37 ant [sic], a 2 pied 7 pouce de hoteur [sic] = Hans Worrenberg, het Switsertie, is lang 2 voet, en 7 duym [graphic].
Created/published
[Amsterdam] : De Lespine cum privil. ord. Holl. et Westfirsia [that is, Westfrisia], [ca. 1695]
Description
1 item ; 18.5 x 25 cm
Language Note
Title in French and Dutch (though only the French version includes Wormbergh's age.
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Genre/form
Prints (visual works)
Place of creation/publication
Netherlands.
Item Details
Call number
FAST ACC 272253
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "75. WORRENBERG, Jaen. Jaen Worrenberg, neé en Suisse, ageé de 37 ant. a 2 pied 7 pouce de hoteur. Hans Worrenberg, het Switsertie, is lang. 2 voet, en 7 decym. [Amsterdam?, c.1690?] De Lespine cum privil: ord: Holl: et Westferlia. Print, mezzotint on paper (platemark 18.5 x 25cm, thread margins) some negligible wear to verso, a very good impression. This scarce theatrical mezzotint portrait depicting the Swiss dwarf Jaen Worrenberg can be dated to c.1690. Here depicted on stage accompanied by a giant leaning on a walking stick, Worrenberg, finely-dressed, is about to draw his sword. A stage curtain is pulled back to one side of the scene, while the box in which Worrenberg travelled is pictured in the background. Worrenberg visited London in 1688. Produced in Amsterdam, the print bears the name of Jacques Le Moine de Lespine (active 1679-1696). See: BM 1851,0308.698 & 1902,1011.7939 for variant with Jacob Gole's name at foot; Hollstein Dutch & Flemish 138; The Ricky Jay Collection (Sotheby's), 629." Ordered from Samuel Gedge, D9589, 2022-05-09, Cat. 32, item 75. Purchase made possible by [funding info goes here].
Folger accession
272253