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Niccolò Machiavelli
| Reference: | S52057 |
| Author | Johann Theodor DE BRY |
| Year: | 1597 ca. |
| Measures: | 110 x 140 mm |
€225.00
- New
| Reference: | S52057 |
| Author | Johann Theodor DE BRY |
| Year: | 1597 ca. |
| Measures: | 110 x 140 mm |
€225.00
Description
Etching, circa 1597, signed with monogram at the upper right.
From Jean-Jaques Boissard, "Icones quinquaginta virorum illustrium doctrina & eruditione praestantium ad vivum effictae", Frankfurt am Main 1597–1599.
A collection of portraits edited by Jean-Jacques Boissard (1528-1602), engraved by Johann Theodore de Bry (1561-1623).
Example of the first state of two, before the “Yy4” added at lower right.
A fine impression, on contemporary laid paper, very good condition.
Johann Theodor DE BRY (Liegi 1561 - Francoforte 1623)
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Engraver, etcher, printmaker and publisher. Born in Liège in 1561 died in Frankfurt am Main in 1623. Son of Theodor de Bry, and worked in the family publishing firm in Frankfurt (moving it to Oppenheim 1609-20).
Involved in the publication of two popular emblem books: 'Emblemata nobilitatis et vulgo scitu digna' and 'Emblemata secularia'. With his brother Johann Israel he also published the design of a grotesque and quasi-erotic human alphabet. His independent work includes reproductive engravings after such masters as Titian, Marten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert and Sebald Beham.
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Johann Theodor DE BRY (Liegi 1561 - Francoforte 1623)
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Engraver, etcher, printmaker and publisher. Born in Liège in 1561 died in Frankfurt am Main in 1623. Son of Theodor de Bry, and worked in the family publishing firm in Frankfurt (moving it to Oppenheim 1609-20).
Involved in the publication of two popular emblem books: 'Emblemata nobilitatis et vulgo scitu digna' and 'Emblemata secularia'. With his brother Johann Israel he also published the design of a grotesque and quasi-erotic human alphabet. His independent work includes reproductive engravings after such masters as Titian, Marten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert and Sebald Beham.
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