Antique Master Print-ROMAN-TEMPLE-RUINS-CLASSICAL-LANDSCAPE-Le Clerc-1810

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 17.4 x 9.3 cm. (6.85 x 3.66 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Minor age-related wear and slight staining in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SÉBASTIEN LE CLERC, ROMAN TEMPLE RUINS, CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURAL CAPRICCIO, ANTIQUE RUINS, COLONNADE, SPIEGEL DER NATUUR, JAN STEVEN VAN ESVELDT HOLTROP | EXPO-FRENCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk (…)’. Published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1810. The publication assembles studies after celebrated seventeenth-century masters intended for artistic training. .

State: Extremely rare ed./restrike from original seventeenth-century copperplate.

Reference: After the series ‘Livre de paysages dédiés à Monsieur de Beringhen’ (1693). Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.

Biography artist: Sébastien Le Clerc (1637-1714) was a French draftsman, engraver, mathematician and military engineer. One of the most prolific printmakers of the reign of Louis XIV, he produced thousands of engravings including landscapes, book illustrations, architectural views, scientific diagrams and ornamental designs. His prints were widely copied throughout Europe and served as models for artists and print publishers well into the nineteenth century.