Description

Original etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 34 x 23.5 cm. The image size is ca. 27.5 x 15.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 13.4 x 9.3 inch. The image size is ca. 10.8 x 6.1 inch.

Plate, page 291: “Het Leven der Scythen” (The life of the Scythians). This quite gruesome print shows, among others, the King of the Scythians. Hyperboreans jumping off a cliff. Iphigeneia. etc. Many dismembered bodies, and bodies in the process of being torn apart or maimed, are featured in this image. This original engraving originates from: ‘Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen [etc.]’, by Johannes Aysma et al, published in 1685 in Amsterdam. (transl.: Mirror of sibyls / prophetess, of fourfold display.)Artists and Engravers: Artist and Engraver: Coenraet Decker (ca. 1650-1685) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver, and pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe.

Condition: Excellent given age. Original middle fold, paper loss repair to the bottom margin. General age related toning and light staining/thumbing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-GREEK-SCYTHIAN-IPHIGENEIA-MURDER-HYPERBOREAN-DECKER-AYSMA

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