Jacobus Schijnvoet - Abcoude Castle, original copper engraving, 1711

'The Castle of Abkoude' 'seeed the/Village'
An original copper engraving of Abcoude Castle, engraved by Jacobus Schijnvoet. From 'Treasury of Dutch Antiquities or Dictionary' by Ludolf Smids. Published in Amsterdam by Pieter de Coup in 1711.

From the Treasury of Dutch Antiquities or Dictionary; 1711 In the center of the image is the original vertical fold. The paper and image are in good condition.
Signed with: 'JSF' After a drawing by Claes Jansz. Fisher. There is a watermark in the paper with the letters WVD'
Jacobus Schijnvoet We know little more about Jacobus Schijnvoet than that he was an engraver and lived in Amsterdam in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He is best known for engraving drawings by Roeland Rochman for the Smids Treasury. He also engraved and published his own drawings to a limited extent. Claas Bruin's Kleefse- en Zuid-Hollandsche Arkadia, in which Smids made notes, contains a title and vignette drawn by Schijnvoet. Schijnvoet usually marked his work with 'JSF' under the engraving; sometimes he wrote in the print: 'J. Sham foot fecit'. Three treasures in the Treasury were based on his own sketches, the Ruins of the Castle in Abkoude, the House in Loenersloot and the newer foundation of the destroyed House in Vreeland. He wrote in full: 'J. Schynvoet ad Vivum del. et fec'.