Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: small coat of arms with lettering.
Sheet size: 33.3 x 25 cm (13.11 x 9.84 inch). Image size: 26.9 x 20 cm. (10.59 x 7.87 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Wide margins. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PARABLE-PRODIGAL SON-RETURN | PCO-A56-06
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
No. 4 from a series of 4 published by Gerard de Jode in ‘Thesaurus’ 1585.
State: 3 (3).
Reference: New Hollstein, Collaert II, 299 .
Early edition.
Biography engraver: Jan Collaert the Elder or (I), Hans Collaert the Elder or Johannes Collaert (Brussels, between 1525 and 1530 ? Antwerp, October 1580) was a Flemish printmaker, publisher, draftsman, tapestry designer, glass painter and designer and engraver of swords. He was the founder of a dynasty of engravers that would play a significant role in establishing Antwerp as one of the leading centres for printmaking in Europe in the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century.
Biography artist: Crispijn van den Broek / Broeck (1523-c.1591) was a Flemish painter, draughtman and print designer from Mechelen.
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