Description

Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.7 x 31.6 cm. The image size is ca. 14.6 x 17.7 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 12.4 inch. The image size is ca. 5.7 x 7 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘L’amour des peuples, est la force des estats.’ – (‘The love of the people, is the strength of states’). In a square filled with soldiers, two men try yo pull out the hairs from a horse’s tail. One man tries to pull out the tail at once, while the other man succeeds by pulling the hairs out one by one. Thus, the strength of the group is illustrated (the hairs cannot be pulled all at once). From: ‘La Doctrine des Moeurs […]’ printed by Louys Sevestre for Pierre Daret, Paris, 1646. First edition. Author: Marin le Roy de Gomberville. Made by order of Mazarin for the instruction of the young Louis XIV. The plates are copies in reverse after Otto van Veen’s emblems in ‘Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata.’ Ref: Brunet II 1658.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘P. Daret’ after ‘Otto Vaenius’. Otto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, (c.1556-1629) was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.

Condition: Good, given age. A wormhole in the top left margin corner, closed with comtemporary paper, not affecting image. Small stain in left margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-STRENGTH-STATE-NUMBERS-PULL HORSE TAIL-VAN VEEN-DARET

(PCO) A331-16