Jaillot / De Hooghe — Dutch Warship Engraving c.1690
Jaillot / De Hooghe — Dutch Warship Engraving c.1690
A large-format Dutch warship engraving — likely depicting a late-17th-century Dutch Republic vessel of the type that fought in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Combining French royal cartographic prestige (Jaillot) with Dutch engraving virtuosity (De Hooghe), the print captures the architectural complexity of a period warship — the rigging, gun decks, ornamental stern carvings, and flag systems rendered with the precision of a marine engineer and the drama of a political satirist.
About Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632–1712) & Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708)
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot was a French sculptor turned mapmaker who became official Géographe du Roi (Royal Geographer) to Louis XIV. He published many of the most luxurious French maps of the late 17th century. Romeyn de Hooghe was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker, engraver, and political satirist — one of the most accomplished line engravers of his era, known for dramatic naval, maritime, and battle scenes.
About the Work
The Jaillot/De Hooghe collaboration on large-format naval and maritime engravings combined French royal prestige with Dutch engraving virtuosity. The Dutch warship prints of c.1690 depict late-17th-century European naval architecture with extraordinary technical precision and decorative ambition.
Scarcity & Market Context
Original large-format Jaillot and De Hooghe engravings appear at specialist dealers and at Sotheby's, Christie's, and European auction houses. Naval subjects are particularly prized by nautical collectors; examples with wide margins and strong impressions command $1,500–$4,000+. Romeyn de Hooghe engravings are held in major print collections worldwide and are considered among the finest Dutch Golden Age line engravings produced.
Institutional Holdings
Holdings at the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Dimensions
Sheet approximately 13.75 × 21.5 inches
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