Fides
| Reference: | AS2 |
| Author | Jacob MATHAM |
| Year: | 1593 |
| Measures: | 168 x 323 mm |
€500.00
| Reference: | AS2 |
| Author | Jacob MATHAM |
| Year: | 1593 |
| Measures: | 168 x 323 mm |
€500.00
Description
Engraving, 1593.
This print is number 1 in the "Le Virtù" series, consisting of seven plates, five of which were engraved by Jacob Matham and two by Jan Saenredam (Zaandam 1565 – Assendelft 1607) based on drawings by Goltzius. At the bottom right, "Goltzius Invent. A 1593", at the left, the numeral I, and below the figure, "Prisca Fides … tartara spernit"/"Franco Estius".
Excellent print with intense blacks on fine paper, dated to the late 16th century. Excellent condition. This copy is trimmed along the platemark.
Watermark: double turreted gate entrance to a city (similar to New Hollstein: Tower I) and caduceus countermark.
On the reverse two collection stamps: E.L, Émile Lanchenaud (1835-1923) L.3473 and stamp of Johann Wilhelm Nahl (1803-1880) L.1954.
Bibliography: Hollstein 263; Bartsch III.165.125
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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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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