Antique Print-DEDICATION-CHERUB-SCALE-INITIAL M-SHIP-MOON-van Veen-Daret-1646

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

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.5 x 32.4 cm. The image size is ca. 15.1 x 5.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 2.2 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘A la reine madame.’ – Dedication from the described work. The sheet has a decorative headband showing several cherubs with attributes (bridle, book, offering altar, column, fasces and balance) around a coat of arms. Also shows a deocrated initial letter M depicting a sailing ship on the ocean and the moon. 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. Stains in right part of print and in the right margin. A tear in the lower margin, backed by comtemporary paper. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-DEDICATION-CHERUB-SCALE-INITIAL M-SHIP-MOON-VAN VEEN-DARET

(PCO) A331-36