Pointed salver with Hannah and Samuel. Middleburg, 1618. Engraving: Johannes Looff (active 1627-1651), 1631 parcel-gilt silver. The engraving on this salver demonstrates the sheer virtuosity of the Zeeland seal engraver Johannes Looff. With incised grooves varying in depth and width, he rendered a painting by the Zeeland painter Dirk van Delen and prints by other contemporaries in silver.

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Pointed salver with Hannah and Samuel. Middleburg, 1618. Engraving: Johannes Looff (active 1627-1651), 1631 parcel-gilt silver. The engraving on this salver demonstrates the sheer virtuosity of the Zeeland seal engraver Johannes Looff. With incised grooves varying in depth and width, he rendered a painting by the Zeeland painter Dirk van Delen and prints by other contemporaries in silver.

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