‘SOO D’OUDE SONGEN SOO PEPEN DE JONGEN.’

– Zo de oude zongen, zo pijpen de jongen.’ (As the old sang, so the young squealed.)
Family group at a richly laid table: mother with child playing a flute on her lap, father playing a bagpipe, grandfather conducting while singing, and grandmother reading music. A large dog rests its head on the table. Flemish proverb banner above.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 45.9 x 33.5 cm (18.07 x 13.19 inch). Image size: 45.9 x 33.5 cm. (18.07 x 13.19 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling and cresing. Some small tears at top left. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JORDAENS, PROVERB, FLEMISH PAINTING, SCHELTE BOLSWERT, MUSICAL FAMILY, 17TH CENTURY, ENGRAVING, GENRE SCENE | PCO-EXPO-DUTCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Abraham Bloteling. With privilege.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 293-3.

Biography engraver: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (ca. 1586-1659) was a prominent Dutch engraver who worked extensively in Antwerp. Known for his collaborations with Rubens and other Flemish masters, he translated complex compositions into detailed engravings.

Biography artist: Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (1593-1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and a designer of tapestries and prints. He was a prolific artist who created biblical, mythological, and allegorical compositions, genre scenes, landscapes, illustrations of Flemish sayings and portraits. After the death of Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he became the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his time. Unlike those illustrious contemporaries he never travelled abroad to study the Antique and Italian painting and, except for a few short trips to locations elsewhere in the Low Countries, he resided in Antwerp his entire life. He also remained largely indifferent to Rubens and van Dyck’s intellectual and courtly aspirations. This attitude was expressed in his art through a lack of idealistic treatment which contrasted with that of these contemporaries.