Antique Master Print-TITLEPAGE-ROMAN-RUINS-CLASSIC-Nieulandt -1628

This print shows a view on the title-page, from Variae Antiquitates Romanae (Roman Ruins).

Made by Willem van Nieulandt after own design.

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

Sheet size: 15.4 x 10.2 cm (6.06 x 4.02 inch). Image size: 15.2 x 10 cm. (5.98 x 3.94 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Small margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

TITLEPAGE-ROMAN-RUINS-CLASSIC | RBOS-A10-31

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ‘Variae antiquitates Romanae’, published by C.I. Visscher in 1628.

Reference: Art Institute Chicago 2023.1227.1.

Provenance: Former dealer annotation on rear: ‘Chez Naudet Mc’ aux Louvre 1818.’.

Biography engraver: Claes J. Visscher, II, Claes Jansz. Visscher, the younger, Nicolas (Claes) Jansz. Visscher, II (1586-1652).

Biography artist: Willem / Guilliam van Nieulandt II (1584-1635) was a Flemish artist, poet, and engraver active in Antwerp and Amsterdam. He is known for classical and Italianate landscapes after Bril and others.