Antique Print-ATHENA-AEGIS-MAN-HALO-CHASE-CAVE-van Veen-Daret-1646

Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.7 x 32.5 cm. The image size is ca. 14.5 x 18 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.7 x 7.1 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘L’estude des lettres est la felicite de l’homme.’ – (‘The study of letters is man’s happiness’). Athena, with a staff and the aegis and a haloed man with bow and arrows chase two figures away from a cave, the mouth of which is surrounded by several female figures (one of whom holds up a theatrical mask) and a single seated male figure holding a book. From: ‘La Doctrine des Moeurs […]’ printed by Louys Sevestre for Pierre Daret, Paris, 1646. First edition. Author: Marin le Roy de Gomberville. Made by order of Mazarin for the instruction of the young Louis XIV. The plates are copies in reverse after Otto van Veen’s emblems in ‘Q. Horatii Flacci Emblemata.’ Ref: Brunet II 1658.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘P. Daret’ after ‘Otto Vaenius’. Otto van Veen, also known by his Latinized name Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, (c.1556-1629) was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.

Condition: Good, given age. Some stains in margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-ATHENA-AEGIS-MAN-HALO-CHASE-CAVE-VAN VEEN-DARET

(PCO) A331-24