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Emblem with angel showing man how to weigh. An angel stands by a pair of scales and shows a man how much more important virtue outweighs sin. On one bowl the devil sits with the globe and signs of power, he is found wanting. The angel who does carry weight represents virtue. The landscape behind them shows what awaits the man in his choice.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Boetius Adamsz. Bolswert.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 10 x 14.5 cm (3.94 x 5.71 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Slight paper loss in top left margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ANGEL-SCALES-WEIGHING-SINS-VIRTUE | PCO-C43-11
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Den wech des eeuwich levens (series title) published by Hendrik Aertssens (II) in Antwerp.
Reference: Hollstein Dutch 262 (copy).
Biography artist: Boetius ? Bolswert (also Boetius Adamsz Bolswert, Bodius; c.1585-1633) was a Flemish engraver of Friesland origin. In his time the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens called forth new endeavours by engravers to imitate or reproduce the breadth, density of mass and dynamic illumination of those works. Boetius Bolswert was an important figure in this movement, not least because he was the elder brother and instructor of the engraver Schelte ? Bolswert, whose reproductions of Rubens’s landscapes were most highly esteemed in their own right.
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