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Ferdinandus II et III Imperatorum Domus Austriacæ Potentissimi...
| Reference: | S50591 |
| Author | Pieter SOUTMAN |
| Year: | 1650 ca. |
| Measures: | 280 x 410 mm |
€3,800.00
- New
| Reference: | S50591 |
| Author | Pieter SOUTMAN |
| Year: | 1650 ca. |
| Measures: | 280 x 410 mm |
€3,800.00
Description
Ferdinandus II et III Imperatorum Domus Austriacæ Potentissimi, a set of 22 portraits in an oval surrounded by ornamental border with fruit garlands, after Peter Paul Rubens and Anton van Dyck.
Engravings with etching, 1650 circa. Examples of the first state before number.
Complet set of twenty-two numbered (in second state) plates showing portraits of European rulers and their wives, after drawings by Soutman after paintings by Rubens and Van Dyck. The portraits are engraved by Jonas Suyderhoef (Hollstein nos. 39-48), Jacob Louys (Hollstein 5, 7-8 and 12-13) and Pieter van Sompel (Hollstein 7-13); while the ornamental borders are etched by Pieter Soutman, who also published the series in Haarlem around 1650.
An extraordinary and monumental iconographic series celebrating the political and dynastic heights of the House of Habsburg and its associated European rulers during the Baroque era and the Thirty Years' War. Each figure is depicted half-length within a rich heraldic oval, supported by festoons of fruit, ribbons, and laurel wreaths. At the bottom, Latin scrolls bear noble titles and formulas of submission or alliance. The work represents one of the greatest technical achievements of the 17th-century Haarlem school of engraving.
Pieter Soutman (1580-1657) was a painter, etcher and engraver, draughtsman and publisher of prints. Born and died in Haarlem. He worked in Antwerp around 1618 as pupil or collaborative assistant of Rubens; 1624 painter at the Polish court. Around 1628 back in Haarlem, pupil of Jacob Matham.
Jonas Suyderhoef (1613-1686) was an etcher and engraver; worked in Haarlem. Many prints after Frans Hals, and in collaboration with Pieter Soutman.
Jacob Louys (1595 circa – 1673) was an engraver, pupil of Soutman. Worked Haarlem, possibly born Antwerp
Pieter van Sompel (1600-1650 circa) was an etcher and engraver active in Haarlem. Pupil of Pieter Cl. Soutman, with, for or after whom he often worked.
Wonderful prints on thin, contemporary laid paper, with margins, in excellent condition. The complete set is very rare.
Bibliografia
Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700; Schneevoogt, Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens; Van Someren, Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders. Carl Depauw & Ger Luijten, 'Anthony van Dyck as printmaker', 1999, p.383-4; K. Barrett, 'Pieter Soutman: Life and Oeuvre' Amsterdam, 2012.
22 sheets of 280x410 mm ca.
Pieter SOUTMAN (1593 circa - 1657)
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Pieter Claesz Soutman (Haarlem, 1593–1613 – Haarlem, 16 August 1657) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who worked during the so-called Golden Age of painting. Soutman was born and died in Haarlem, where he was a contemporary of Frans Hals, Hendrick Gerritsz Pot, and Pieter Claesz, and appears to have been influenced by all three, given the various attributions of his paintings over the centuries. Soutman was the youngest of six children of a wealthy Catholic, owner of the De Werelt brewery. A pupil of Rubens in Antwerp, Soutman was part of the circle of printmakers working in Rubens's workshop around 1620; his output was considerable. As a portrait painter, he was influenced by Rubens and Frans Hals, as can be seen in the Portrait of the van Berensteyn Family, now in the Louvre, a work that was long attributed first to Frans Hals and then to Hendrick Gerritsz Pot. His pupils included Jonas Suyderhoff, Cornelis de Visscher II, Jacob Louys, and Pieter van Sompel.
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Pieter SOUTMAN (1593 circa - 1657)
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Pieter Claesz Soutman (Haarlem, 1593–1613 – Haarlem, 16 August 1657) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who worked during the so-called Golden Age of painting. Soutman was born and died in Haarlem, where he was a contemporary of Frans Hals, Hendrick Gerritsz Pot, and Pieter Claesz, and appears to have been influenced by all three, given the various attributions of his paintings over the centuries. Soutman was the youngest of six children of a wealthy Catholic, owner of the De Werelt brewery. A pupil of Rubens in Antwerp, Soutman was part of the circle of printmakers working in Rubens's workshop around 1620; his output was considerable. As a portrait painter, he was influenced by Rubens and Frans Hals, as can be seen in the Portrait of the van Berensteyn Family, now in the Louvre, a work that was long attributed first to Frans Hals and then to Hendrick Gerritsz Pot. His pupils included Jonas Suyderhoff, Cornelis de Visscher II, Jacob Louys, and Pieter van Sompel.
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