Pieter Schenck
(1660-1711), Engraver and publisherArtist associated with 50 portraits
Pieter Schenck was a Dutch engraver, mapmaker and publisher. Born in Elberfeld, Germany in 1660, Schenck moved to Amsterdam in 1683 where he became a pupil of Gerard Valck. He became a skilled exponent of mezzotint engraving, which he practised until 1695, at which point he focused on making and selling maps.
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, (1688)
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by Pieter Schenck, after Johann Kerseboom
mezzotint, (circa 1689-1690)
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by and published by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, (circa 1691)
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Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone
by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1692 (1692)
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by Pieter Schenck, after Godfried Schalcken
mezzotint, (1694)
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James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury
by and published by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, (1695)
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by and published by Pieter Schenck
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, circa 1700
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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
by and published by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, circa 1700-1718
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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
by Pieter Schenck, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1700-1718
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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
by and published by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, circa 1700-1718
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by Pieter Schenck
mezzotint, circa 1700-1718
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
by and published by Pieter Schenck
mezzotint, circa 1700-1718
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by and published by Pieter Schenck
mezzotint, circa 1700-1718
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Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland
by Pieter Schenck, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1702-1708
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Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle
by Pieter Schenck, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1703
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Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone
by Pieter Schenck
mezzotint, 1703
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Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland
by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1705
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Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland
by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1705
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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
by Pieter Schenck, after Adriaen van der Werff
mezzotint, 1708
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