Print Description
“Koning David speelt op de harp.” King David kneels in front of a curtain and plays his harp. In the foreground are his crown, sceptre and chain. In the margin, a three-line caption in Latin.
Made by Willem van de Passe after Abraham Bloemaert.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Image size: 18.6 x 24.5 cm. (7.32 x 9.65 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Horizontal fold in miggle with 3 small holes. Short margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
KING-DAVID-KNEELING-HARP | PCO-E17-32
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Publisher: Crispijn van de Passe (I).
Reference: Franks 24; Hollstein English 2.
Biography engraver: Willem van de Passe (ca. 1598 – ca. 1637) was a Dutch publisher and engraver and took over from his brother in England, probably after working in France, and died in London, perhaps of plague. He joined the Huguenot church in Threadneedle Street in 1624, and his wife Elizabeth may have been the daughter of the English publisher Thomas Jenner.
Biography artist: Abraham Bloemaert (1566 – 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the “Haarlem Mannerists”, but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, who trained most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.
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