Antique Master Print-GATEHOUSE-ARCHITECTURE-PERSPECTIVE-van Doetecum-Vries-1636

This print shows a view on an architectural structure with a perspective effect. It depicts a gatehouse with a barrel vault.

It is an example of Vredeman de Vries’s work, which is known for its complex architectural designs and perspective studies.

The engraving is part of a series Varie Architecture.

Made by Johannes van Doetecum I after Hans Vredeman de Vries.

Medium: Engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 21.2 x 16 cm (8.35 x 6.3 inch). Image size: 21.2 x 16 cm. (8.35 x 6.3 inch).

Condition: good, given age. No margin. Waterstains. Creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GATEHOUSE-ARCHITECTURE-PERSPECTIVE-SERIES | RBOS-A10-31

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ‘Variae Architecturae Formae’ (1636) by Jan and Lucas Van Doetecum, two brothers from Hollstein.

Reference: Met museum 2012.136.571.

Biography engraver: Johannes van Doetecum I (Netherlandish, 1528/32?1605).

Biography artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries (Leeuwarden 1527?1606 (?) Antwerp (?)), was a Dutch architect, painter and engraver. He extensively wrote on garden design (1538) ornaments (1565) and perspective (1604) of which he became an international authority. After his studies on Vitruvius and Serlio, de Vries became Antwerp city architect and fortification engineer.