Venus telling Eros to shoot his arrow into Pluto's heart
| Reference: | S38067 |
| Author | Jacob MATHAM |
| Year: | 1590 |
| Measures: | 143 x 204 mm |
€1,500.00
| Reference: | S38067 |
| Author | Jacob MATHAM |
| Year: | 1590 |
| Measures: | 143 x 204 mm |
€1,500.00
Description
Engraving, 1590, dated and signed in plate, along the bottom of the image “HG Inven IMatham sculp. Ao1590”. In the margin two columns of text, each two lines "Flammiferis feriat Stygium ut Plutona sagitta/Aligero mandat Cytherea Amathusia nato,/ Iussa facit, tenditq. arcum puer ales, et alto/ Mox Saturnigene liquit sub pectore vulnus" by "F.E." (Franco Estius).
From the serie 'Loves of the Gods'.
The engraving shows Venus standing full length, leaning on rock, pointing to Pluto in background, lower right, in chariot holding a fork. Cupid standing with bow and arrow.
Very good impression, perfect condition.
Literature
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Bartsch III.169.160; Hollstein, 217; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 190 (Jacob Matham); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 589 (Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius)
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Jacob MATHAM (Haarlem 1571 - 1631)
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Jacob Adriaenszoon Matham (Haarlem, October 15, 1571 (baptized) - Haarlem, January 20, 1631) was a Dutch engraver and draftsman of the Golden Century.
Father of engravers Jan, Adriaen and Theodor, was a pupil and stepson of Hendrick Goltzius, who married Jacob's mother in 1579, took him as his apprentice. He was active first in Italy from 1593 to 1597, where he stayed mainly in Venice and Rome, and then in his hometown from 1598 to 1631. In 1600 he became a member of the local Guild of San Luca. In 1601 he obtained a printing privilege from King Rudolph II in Prague. He devoted himself mainly to the realization of religious subjects, producing also devotional prints, landscapes and portraits, especially of his contemporaries made on copper. His works show the influence of Hendrick Goltzius, from whose drawings and paintings he made several engravings and whose manner he imitated closely. A very prolific author, he made several engravings both from the works of Italian authors (from his own drawings or those of Goltzius), and from the works of Pieter Paul Rubens from 1611-1615 and Pieter Aertsen. Matham had several pupils including Johannes Everardsz van Bronckhorst, Pieter Soutman, Jan van de Velde II and his son Adriaen.
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Literature
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Bartsch III.169.160; Hollstein, 217; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 190 (Jacob Matham); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 589 (Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius)
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Jacob MATHAM (Haarlem 1571 - 1631)
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Jacob Adriaenszoon Matham (Haarlem, October 15, 1571 (baptized) - Haarlem, January 20, 1631) was a Dutch engraver and draftsman of the Golden Century.
Father of engravers Jan, Adriaen and Theodor, was a pupil and stepson of Hendrick Goltzius, who married Jacob's mother in 1579, took him as his apprentice. He was active first in Italy from 1593 to 1597, where he stayed mainly in Venice and Rome, and then in his hometown from 1598 to 1631. In 1600 he became a member of the local Guild of San Luca. In 1601 he obtained a printing privilege from King Rudolph II in Prague. He devoted himself mainly to the realization of religious subjects, producing also devotional prints, landscapes and portraits, especially of his contemporaries made on copper. His works show the influence of Hendrick Goltzius, from whose drawings and paintings he made several engravings and whose manner he imitated closely. A very prolific author, he made several engravings both from the works of Italian authors (from his own drawings or those of Goltzius), and from the works of Pieter Paul Rubens from 1611-1615 and Pieter Aertsen. Matham had several pupils including Johannes Everardsz van Bronckhorst, Pieter Soutman, Jan van de Velde II and his son Adriaen.
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