The Supper at Emmaus
| Reference: | S39063 |
| Author | Jacob MATHAM |
| Year: | 1590 ca. |
| Measures: | 184 x 267 mm |
€1,250.00
| Reference: | S39063 |
| Author | Jacob MATHAM |
| Year: | 1590 ca. |
| Measures: | 184 x 267 mm |
€1,250.00
Description
Engraving, c.1590, lettered in lower left corner "HGoltzius. Inuent. / I Matham sculpt.. In the margin two lines of Latin "Discipuli ... pectus." by "C.Schoneus". After a drawing by H. Goltzius.
Magnificient example, dark mpression, printed on contemporary laid paper with “coat of arms with eagle” watermark, trimmed close to platemark, sporadical foxing in the margin beneath the image.
Interior of an inn with Christ seated at a dining table with two disciples, Christ holding a piece of bread and making a blessing gesture, the table is lit by two candles and light also radiates from Christ, a dog slumbers in the foreground at right.
Literature
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Bartsch III.158.102; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 438 (Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 45.I (Jacob Matham); Hollstein 60.
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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.158.102; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 438 (Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 45.I (Jacob Matham); Hollstein 60.
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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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