David and Jonathan
| Reference: | S7339 |
| Author | Nicolas VISSCHER I |
| Year: | 1614 ca. |
| Measures: | 480 x 340 mm |
€1,000.00
| Reference: | S7339 |
| Author | Nicolas VISSCHER I |
| Year: | 1614 ca. |
| Measures: | 480 x 340 mm |
€1,000.00
Description
Engraving, circa 1614, lower right in the image, in a cartouche: Jacobus Saverius invent/IC (entwined) Visscher excudebat.
In the lower margin, beneath the image: FRATERNO IONATHAN COMPLEXUS AMORE DAVIDEM DE PATRIS INSIDIIS ERUDITE ATQUE MINIS.
After a subject by Iacob Savery I. Claes Visscher as publisher.
With a medieval town in the background, David prays on his knees, as Jonathan stands beside him; in the middle distance Jonathan can be seen shooting an arrow, an arranged signal with David who hides in a cave. The story of David and Jonathan is recounted in 1 Samuel (18-20).
Magnificent proof, splendid contemporary hand-colouring, printed on contemporary laid paper, watermark "coat of arms with fleur-de-lis", with margins, usual trace of central vertical fold, a small hole on the left, otherwise in very good condition.
The excellent quality of the colouring significantly distinguishes and enhances these examples from those in black and white.
Nicolas VISSCHER I (1618 - 1679)
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For nearly a century the members of the Visscher family were important art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam. The founder of the business, C. J. Visscher, had premises near to those of Pieter van den Keere and Jodocus Hondius whose pupil he may have been. From about 1620 he designed a number of individual maps, including one of the British Isles, but his first atlas consisted of maps printed from plates bought from van den Keere and issued as they stood with some additions of his own, including historical scenes of battles and sieges for which he had a high reputation. Some maps bear the latinized form of the family name: Piscator. After Visscher's death his son and grandson, both of the same name, issued a considerable number of atlases, constantly revised and brought up to date but most of them lacking an index and with varying contents. The widow of Nicholaes Visscher II carried on the business until it finally passed into the hands of Pieter Schenk.
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Nicolas VISSCHER I (1618 - 1679)
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For nearly a century the members of the Visscher family were important art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam. The founder of the business, C. J. Visscher, had premises near to those of Pieter van den Keere and Jodocus Hondius whose pupil he may have been. From about 1620 he designed a number of individual maps, including one of the British Isles, but his first atlas consisted of maps printed from plates bought from van den Keere and issued as they stood with some additions of his own, including historical scenes of battles and sieges for which he had a high reputation. Some maps bear the latinized form of the family name: Piscator. After Visscher's death his son and grandson, both of the same name, issued a considerable number of atlases, constantly revised and brought up to date but most of them lacking an index and with varying contents. The widow of Nicholaes Visscher II carried on the business until it finally passed into the hands of Pieter Schenk.
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