Wooded landscape with the prophet of Judah being killed by a lion
| Reference: | S7273 |
| Author | Jan van LONDERSEEL |
| Year: | 1614 ca. |
| Measures: | 470 x 368 mm |
€1,500.00
| Reference: | S7273 |
| Author | Jan van LONDERSEEL |
| Year: | 1614 ca. |
| Measures: | 470 x 368 mm |
€1,500.00
Description
Engraving, circa 1614, signed and lettered in lower margin: Gillis. De hondecoutre Inventor: / Ecco Leena Vorat divino haud numire plemun/ Vatem, spernentem Inssa Verenda dei, / JCVisscher excudit / Joannes a. londerselius. Sculp
Example in the only known state. After a subject by painter Gilles de Hondecoeter (1580-1638)
The scene appears ho show one of the stranger episodes in the Old Testament: the story of the man of God from Judah who confronts Jeroboam, sticks to his commitment to Yahweh, gets tricked by another prophet, and then gets killed by a lion (1 Kgs 13).
Magnificent proof, splendid contemporary hand-colouring, printed on contemporary laid paper, watermark "coat of arms with fleur-de-lis", with margins, usual trace of central vertical fold, in very good condition.
The excellent quality of the colouring significantly distinguishes and enhances these examples from those in black and white.
Literature
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Wurzbach 3, Hollstein (Londerseel) 14, Hollestein (da Hondecoeter) 3
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Jan van LONDERSEEL (Anversa circa 1570 – Rotterdam 1624/25)
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Flemish engraver, etcher and print publisher. He apparently trained in Antwerp, where he may have worked in the workshop of Abraham de Bruyn, father of his brother-in-law Nicolaes de Bruyn. About 1600 he followed his brother A(ha)ssuerus van Londerseel (bapt Antwerp, 30 March 1572; d before 21 May 1649), also an engraver and print publisher, to Rotterdam. He seems to have been active there between 1610 and 1625; in 1614 he was living in Delft.
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Literature
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Wurzbach 3, Hollstein (Londerseel) 14, Hollestein (da Hondecoeter) 3
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Jan van LONDERSEEL (Anversa circa 1570 – Rotterdam 1624/25)
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Flemish engraver, etcher and print publisher. He apparently trained in Antwerp, where he may have worked in the workshop of Abraham de Bruyn, father of his brother-in-law Nicolaes de Bruyn. About 1600 he followed his brother A(ha)ssuerus van Londerseel (bapt Antwerp, 30 March 1572; d before 21 May 1649), also an engraver and print publisher, to Rotterdam. He seems to have been active there between 1610 and 1625; in 1614 he was living in Delft.
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