Adrian Van-Diest [art original]Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist[between 1720 and 1756?]engPortrait of Adriaen van Diest (1655-1704), born in The Hague, immigrated to England when he was 17 and remained there, active as a landscape painter of views of England in the western parts landscapes, chiefly in the Italian mannerDrawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, opp. p. 129.Title from item.Signed in ink, lower right: ob. 1704 Aeta '49. G.V.Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower right below monogram: poss. Mr. Dahl pict.Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower left: se ipse pinx.George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.