, 4 Antique Prints-FABLES 29-32-ANIMALS-BIRDS-Gheeraerts -Krafft-1734, Pictura Antique Prints
, 4 Antique Prints-FABLES 29-32-ANIMALS-BIRDS-Gheeraerts -Krafft-1734, Pictura Antique Prints

4 Antique Prints-FABLES 29-32-ANIMALS-BIRDS-Gheeraerts -Krafft-1734

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€160.00

These prints show the numbers 29-32 fables from the series of J.L. Kraffts Tresor de Fables depicting: in a classical garden with statues we see a bird of prey with a shell in its beak flying in the air and a pigeon beneath him on the ground (nr. 29), Neptune with spear and net in one hand and a sundail in his other hand, one foot on a huge fish, a bird of prey sitting on his left and a lion on his right (nr. 30), a wolf knocking on a door from a house where a goat is hiding. Village in the background (nr.31), a satyr is holding a shelf with food bowls under a mans head while vomiting, a woman near the fire cooking (nr. 32)

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Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 11 x 15 cm. (4,3 x 5,9 inch). Image size: 10,8 x 14,8 cm. (4,3 x 5,8 inch).

This attractive print originates from: The Tresor de Fables…. (The Treasure of Fables, chosen from the most excellent mythologists), Brussel, 1734. This French edition will be followed, in 1739-1740, by a Dutch rhymed version, published in three volumes: Den Schat der Fabelen, gekozen uyt de voornaemste Verdigt-schryvers. The fables were based on the moralistic fables of Aesopos. In the book were 114 engraved plates of these fables. Ref: Cohen 996

Made by ‘Jean Laurent Krafft’ after ‘Marcus Gheeraerts’. Jean Laurent (Johannes, Joannes, Johan, or Jan, and Laurentius, Laurens, or, sometimes, Lodewijk) Krafft, (1694-1768). He is an Flemish engraver and a rhetorician, writing in Dutch and French. Marcus Gerards (Bruges, ca. 1521-probably London, ca. 1590) mainly made a name for himself in Bruges with his city plan, which he drew and painted in 1561-1562 and, whether or not engraved on copper himself, on behalf of the city council. He was versatile in painting figures, landscapes and buildings. Gerards was also versatile in the techniques: painting on canvas, drawing, etching and illumination of books. In 1567 a richly illustrated book was published by printer Pieter De Clerck in Bruges under the title De warachtighe fabulen der Dieren. Marcus Gerards supplied 108 engravings, almost always occupying a full page. Gerards acted as publisher himself.

Condition: Good, given age. Light soiling. Small margin. In upper margin of number 29 a small hole in the paper. Number 30 brownish bird of prey. Number of the print is visible, also wrtitten in pen on the reverse. Name of Krafft cut out. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: FABLES-ANIMALS- BIRDS OF PREY-PIGEONS-NEPTUNE-GOD-LION-WOLF-GOAT-SATYR-COOKING-VOMITING-OLD HOUSES-CLASSICAL GARDEN

RBOS-A6-26

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Dimensions 15 × 11 × 1 cm

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