The Rhinoceros
| Reference: | S49022 |
| Author | David KANDEL |
| Year: | 1550 |
| Measures: | 195 x 310 mm |
€375.00
| Reference: | S49022 |
| Author | David KANDEL |
| Year: | 1550 |
| Measures: | 195 x 310 mm |
€375.00
Description
A rhinoceros; after Dürer (Meder 273), facing right; on verso an elephant carrying various figures on a large saddle to right, by an anonymous printmaker; illustrations to the French edition of Sebastian Münster, 'Cosmographia', Basle: Heinrich Petri, 1552.
Woodcut and letterpress, signed with Kandel's monogram at lower center. Lettered above the animal: 'De Rhinocerot'. Letterpress text throughout.
From a set of twenty-two designs supplied by Kandel for the enlarged edition of the 'Cosmographia', which appeared in Basle in 1552 and contained around 900 illustrations and 40 maps. Münster's 'Cosmographia' had first been published in 1544.
A fine example, printed on laid paper, very good condition.
Bibliografia
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (10p): Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (IX.394.17); Nagler 1858-79 / Die Monogrammisten (II.1173.5).
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Was a Renaissance artist and one of the pioneers of botanical and natural history illustration. Very little is known of his personal life. He was probably born in Strasbourg, in 1520. He married in 1554 and 33 years later, in 1587, was recorded as "owner of a house". He died in 1592. His works and woodcuts are diverse in subject, from botanical illustrations to biblical events. The Kreuterbuch (or “The Book of the Herbs”), by Hieronymus Bock, used woodcuts of a quality far ahead of the time. Commissioned by Bock, Kandel contributed some 550 woodcuts to the second edition published in 1546.
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Was a Renaissance artist and one of the pioneers of botanical and natural history illustration. Very little is known of his personal life. He was probably born in Strasbourg, in 1520. He married in 1554 and 33 years later, in 1587, was recorded as "owner of a house". He died in 1592. His works and woodcuts are diverse in subject, from botanical illustrations to biblical events. The Kreuterbuch (or “The Book of the Herbs”), by Hieronymus Bock, used woodcuts of a quality far ahead of the time. Commissioned by Bock, Kandel contributed some 550 woodcuts to the second edition published in 1546.
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