DE BISSCHOP, Jan Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum. Amsterdam, De Leth, [ca. half 18th c.] [bound with] ID. - Signorum veterum icones. S.l., s.n., s.d. 2 works in 1 vol., folio, cloth with gilt sign on upper cover (corners rubbed and bumped),...
Estimation :
300 / 400
Adjudication :
1200 €
Description
flat spine (head and tail rubbed, waterstain). Very good copy.
2 works totalling 2 engr. titles and 157 pl. (pl. 34-37 in 1st part misbound). 1. Reissue of the ed. in Latin and Dutch (The Hague 1671) of a set of numb. engrs by the Dutch artist J. de Bisschop (1628-1671), with monogram J[anus] E[piscopius]. Incl. a frontisp. by Gerard de Lairesse. The pl. were made after drawings by Carracci, Cigoli, Domenichino, Salviati, Arpinas, Michelangelo, and after the antique. The front. states "ex formis Nicolai Visscher". 2. Album of 100 numb. engrs (1-100). "Some of the classical sculptures reproduced in "Icones" were from the 17th-century collections of G. Uylenburgh and H. Scholten. The sequence of the "Icones" adhered strictly to the classical tradition : first the individual parts of the body were illustrated (this section was left unfinished at de Bisschop's premature death), then complete figures, followed by poses and suggestions for compositions with more than one figure. The prints were intended to provide artists with examples of ideal poses. From the paintings of A. van der Werrff and N. Verkolje, it is clear just how influential these studies were in the development of Dutch classical painting during the late 17th century" (Ger Luijten).
2 works totalling 2 engr. titles and 157 pl. (pl. 34-37 in 1st part misbound). 1. Reissue of the ed. in Latin and Dutch (The Hague 1671) of a set of numb. engrs by the Dutch artist J. de Bisschop (1628-1671), with monogram J[anus] E[piscopius]. Incl. a frontisp. by Gerard de Lairesse. The pl. were made after drawings by Carracci, Cigoli, Domenichino, Salviati, Arpinas, Michelangelo, and after the antique. The front. states "ex formis Nicolai Visscher". 2. Album of 100 numb. engrs (1-100). "Some of the classical sculptures reproduced in "Icones" were from the 17th-century collections of G. Uylenburgh and H. Scholten. The sequence of the "Icones" adhered strictly to the classical tradition : first the individual parts of the body were illustrated (this section was left unfinished at de Bisschop's premature death), then complete figures, followed by poses and suggestions for compositions with more than one figure. The prints were intended to provide artists with examples of ideal poses. From the paintings of A. van der Werrff and N. Verkolje, it is clear just how influential these studies were in the development of Dutch classical painting during the late 17th century" (Ger Luijten).
