AENEAS CALLED AWAY FROM DIDO [Quirijn BOEL after SCHIAVONE, c. 1660]

3 Alta, 6 Lata

Copperplate engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 27,7 x 19,6 cm. Image size: 22 x 16,5 cm.

From: ‘Theatrum Pictorium’, or Theatre of Painting. This famous book by David Teniers the Younger was published c. 1660. It was a catalog of 243 Italian paintings in the Archduke’s collection of over 1300 paintings, with engravings of the paintings taken from small models that Teniers had personally prepared. A second edition with page numbers was published in 1673.

Made by Quirijn Boel after Andrea Schiavone. Quirijn, or Coryn Boel the Younger (1620 – 1668) was a Flemish engraver.

Condition: Good, given age. Small crease bottom left corner, just outside image. Some remains of blue paper on rear from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: AENEAS CALLED AWAY FROM DIDO

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