Name: Antique Master Print-VIRGIL-ENEID-CYCLOPS-Bosse-Perrin-1658
SKU: PICTURA-08881
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Antique Master Print-VIRGIL-ENEID-CYCLOPS-Bosse-Perrin-1658

€95.00

‘UPPER BORDER: “AVANTURE DU CYCLOPE”. LOWER BORDER: “LIV. III.”‘

– Scene from Book III of Virgil’s Aeneid: A Cyclops wades into the sea wielding a giant tree trunk, menacing the fleeing Trojan ships. On the shore, other Cyclopes are visible. Aeneas’ ships, richly decorated and with oars extended, sail away under full command. Engraved ornamental border surrounds the image.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 16.5 x 14 cm (6.5 x 5.51 inch). Image size: 16.5 x 14 cm. (6.5 x 5.51 inch).

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

VIRGIL, AENEID, CYCLOPS, CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY, BAROQUE BOOK ILLUSTRATION | PCO-C44-26

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Original book illustration from Pierre Perrin’s French translation of Virgil’s Aeneid (“L’Eneide de Virgile, fidelement traduite en vers…”. Paris: E. Loyson, 1658). From the first part, containing the first six books. .

Reference: BnF catalogue ark:/12148/cb12008287t.

Biography engraver: Abraham Bosse (French; 1604-1676) worked in Paris and made prints in the manner of Callot. He wrote a very famous treatice about etching and engraving. His prints document French life in the early and mid-17th. Century.