Roma Antiqua
| Reference: | S49636 |
| Author | Michiel van der Gucht |
| Year: | 1717 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 210 x 180 mm |
€280.00
| Reference: | S49636 |
| Author | Michiel van der Gucht |
| Year: | 1717 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 210 x 180 mm |
€280.00
Description
Archaeological plan of Rome engraved by Michael van der Gucth and taken from Basil Kennett's work, Romæ antiquæ notitia: or, the antiquities of Rome, printed in London by Child and R. Knaplock in 1717.
“Slightly smaller but very faithful copy of Giacomo Lauro's plan of 1612, with the north to the left and the addition of a few ornaments such as the title at the top within a cartouche and at the bottom right a cymatium on the frame of references next to which is a warrior inspired by a figure from the Laurine dedication. M. Gucht, an Amsterdam engraver (1660-1725), married in 1682, later moving to London where two sons were born to him who both became engravers. His are the portrait of the dedicatee that opens the volume and the 14 copper plates, some of which are signed. The work of B. Kennet (1674-1715) had numerous editions, including posthumous ones” (see Caldana Roma Antica, pp. 104-105).
Etching, in good condition.
Bibliografia
Alberto Caldana, Roma Antica, pp. 104-105, n. I.57.
Michiel van der Gucht (Anversa 1660 - Londra 1725)
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Michiel van der Gucht, or Gugt or Michael Vandergutch (Antwerp, 1660 - London, October 16, 1725), was a Flemish engraver. Apprenticed to Frederik Bouttats II between 1672 and 1673, or perhaps to Philip Bouttats, and a pupil of David Loggan, he worked initially in his hometown, where he joined the Guild of St. Luke in 1673, and from 1682 in Amsterdam, where he resided on the Rosengracht. On June 16, 1682, he married Maria van Hogenbergh van Aerschot. He then moved to London in 1688, working mainly on book illustration. Initially he made mainly anatomical plates, moving later to the execution of portraits of famous people and architecture. He died in London in 1725 at his home in Bloomsbury due to gout.
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Michiel van der Gucht (Anversa 1660 - Londra 1725)
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Michiel van der Gucht, or Gugt or Michael Vandergutch (Antwerp, 1660 - London, October 16, 1725), was a Flemish engraver. Apprenticed to Frederik Bouttats II between 1672 and 1673, or perhaps to Philip Bouttats, and a pupil of David Loggan, he worked initially in his hometown, where he joined the Guild of St. Luke in 1673, and from 1682 in Amsterdam, where he resided on the Rosengracht. On June 16, 1682, he married Maria van Hogenbergh van Aerschot. He then moved to London in 1688, working mainly on book illustration. Initially he made mainly anatomical plates, moving later to the execution of portraits of famous people and architecture. He died in London in 1725 at his home in Bloomsbury due to gout.
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