Jesus Christ

Reference: S5198
Author Jacob MATHAM
Year: 1600 ca.
Measures: 95 x 127 mm
€275.00

Reference: S5198
Author Jacob MATHAM
Year: 1600 ca.
Measures: 95 x 127 mm
€275.00

Description

Engraving, end of the 16th Century, signed on plate at lower right.

After Hendrick Goltzius,

A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, a small repair at the upper left corner, otherwise perfect condition.

Literature

Hollstein, 90

Jacob MATHAM (Haarlem 1571 - 1631)

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.

Literature

Hollstein, 90

Jacob MATHAM (Haarlem 1571 - 1631)

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.