Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 46.5 x 43.5 cm (18.31 x 17.13 inch). Image size: 45.7 x 40.2 cm. (17.99 x 15.83 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Trimmed to the plate and attached to a carrier sheet. Origanal fold as issued. Paper separation at top and lower fold. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PAOLO VERONESE, WENZEL HOLLAR, DAVID TENIERS, THEATRUM PICTORIUM, LEOPOLD WILHELM, BIBLICAL SCENE, SOLOMON QUEEN OF SHEBA, ESTHER AHASUERUS, BAROQUE ENGRAVING, 17TH CENTURY PRINT | PCO-B9-20
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From Theatrum Pictorium (1673), the printed catalogue of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm’s collection compiled by David Teniers the Younger; plate no. 125 (album leaf 126/247).
Reference: SNG record: G 11965/126; Theatrum Pictorium (1673) / album of Leopold Wilhelm’s collection after D. Teniers (plate numbering includes ‘125’).
Biography engraver: Wenzel (Vaclav) Hollar (1607-1677) was a Bohemian-born engraver and etcher active in Germany, England, and the Low Countries, celebrated for his refined line work, topographical views, and reproductive prints after major European masters.
Biography artist: Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) was a leading Venetian Renaissance painter, famed for grand narrative canvases, sumptuous colour, and monumental architectural settings. David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690) was a Flemish painter and court artist who compiled and disseminated Archduke Leopold Wilhelm’s collection through Theatrum Pictorium, providing models for many reproductive prints.
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