Description: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper. Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.7 x 32.5 cm. The image size is ca. 14.5 x 17.6 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.7 x 6.9 inch. Antique print, titled: 'La malice de l'avare uit apres sa mort.' - ('The malice of the miser lives after his death'). A large group of robed figures carrying torches walks toward an open grave, followed by a man carrying the corpse of Medusa. From: 'La Doctrine des Moeurs […]' printed by Louys Sevestre for Pierre Daret, Paris, 1646. First edition. Author: Marin le Roy de Gomberville. Made by order of Mazarin for the instruction of the young Louis XIV. The plates are copies in reverse after Otto van Veen's emblems in 'Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata.' Ref: Brunet II 1658.Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Pierre Daret' after 'Otto Vaenius'. Otto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, (c.1556-1629) was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Condition: Good, given age. Creases in right top and in print. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-MALICE-MISER-DEATH-BURIAL-MEDUSA-VAN VEEN-DARET (PCO) A331-07
Price: 46 USD
Location: Overasselt
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Type: Print
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Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Year of Production: 1646
Material: Engraving
Date of Creation: Pre-1800
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Print Surface: Paper
