The Entombement
| Reference: | S32013 |
| Author | Thomas de LEU |
| Year: | 1580 ca. |
| Measures: | 190 x 161 mm |
€1,250.00
| Reference: | S32013 |
| Author | Thomas de LEU |
| Year: | 1580 ca. |
| Measures: | 190 x 161 mm |
€1,250.00
Description
Engraving, second half of XVI century, wihout date and signature.
A good impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed close to platemark, in very good condition.
The scene depicts the Entombement of Jesus, described in the Gospel of John:
the body of Christ is carried on a cloth-stretcher by Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemo.
The Virgin, Mary Madgalene and St John the Evangelist standing in background.
At the bottom, two latin verses from the first epistle of st. John the apostle, 4,9:
Deus caritas est. In hoc apparuit caritas Dei in nobis, quoniam Filium suum unigenitum misit Deus in mundum, ut vivamus per eum.
The engraver is anonymous. Robert-Dumesnil listed the work among the prints edited by De Leu or engraved under his direction.
A very rare work, not listed in the main libraries.
Literature
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Robert-Dumesnil, p. 55, 165.
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Thomas de LEU (c. 1555 - c. 1612)
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French engraver, publisher and print dealer. The son of a dealer in Audenarde, he worked first at Antwerp for Jean Ditmar (c. 1538–1603) and then went to Paris before 1580 to work for the painter and engraver Jean Rabel (1540/50–1603). He married first Marie, daughter of Antoine Caron, in 1583, and secondly, in 1605, Charlotte Bothereau. He skilfully moved from the side of the militant Catholic League in the Wars of Religion to that of Henry IV, and as a result made himself a fortune. He ran a busy workshop and published large numbers of prints by other hands. Among his apprentices were Jacques Honnervogt (fl 1608–35) and Melchior Tavernier (c. 1564–1641). His first dated engraving is Justice (1579; Linzeler, no. 57), after Federico Zuccaro (1540/42–1609). He specialized mainly in portraiture (more than 300 plates), for example Catherine de ’ Medici (l 255), and in devotional engravings, such as Christ in Blessing (1598; l 7); he also made book illustrations.
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Literature
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Robert-Dumesnil, p. 55, 165.
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Thomas de LEU (c. 1555 - c. 1612)
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French engraver, publisher and print dealer. The son of a dealer in Audenarde, he worked first at Antwerp for Jean Ditmar (c. 1538–1603) and then went to Paris before 1580 to work for the painter and engraver Jean Rabel (1540/50–1603). He married first Marie, daughter of Antoine Caron, in 1583, and secondly, in 1605, Charlotte Bothereau. He skilfully moved from the side of the militant Catholic League in the Wars of Religion to that of Henry IV, and as a result made himself a fortune. He ran a busy workshop and published large numbers of prints by other hands. Among his apprentices were Jacques Honnervogt (fl 1608–35) and Melchior Tavernier (c. 1564–1641). His first dated engraving is Justice (1579; Linzeler, no. 57), after Federico Zuccaro (1540/42–1609). He specialized mainly in portraiture (more than 300 plates), for example Catherine de ’ Medici (l 255), and in devotional engravings, such as Christ in Blessing (1598; l 7); he also made book illustrations.
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