Print Description
George Buchanan, In the collection of Dr. Mead [……]
Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24,2 x 37,9 cm. (9,5 x 14,9 inch). Image size: 22,7 x 36,6 cm. (8,9 x 14,4 inch).
Published by Impenfis I.&P, Knapton London, 1742.
Made by Jacob Houbraken after Pieter Jansz. Pourbus. Jacobus Houbraken: (Dutch; 1698-1780). Engraver, etcher and collector, son of Arnold Houbraken. Houbraken learnt how to engrave from his father and began by copying prints by Cornelis Cort, Jonas Suyderhoef and Cornelis Visscher. His father, Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719) was a well respected engraver in his own right. The younger Houbraken quickly evolved a technique which shared some affinity with the portrait engravings of the great seventeenth century French school, most notably those of Nanteuil, Drevet and Edelinck. Houbraken’s name is most closely linked to the massive project entitled, ‘Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain.’, published in parts in London from 1743 to 1752. Working with the historian and artist, George Vertue, Houbraken engraved most of the important representations of Britain’s most noted men from the past. Houbraken’s greatest portraits, however, were his engravings based upon capturing the likenesses of his contemporaries. Here we see his precise and subtle use of the engraved line to its best advantage. These skills amazed most of Houbraken’s fellow artists. A generation later, the famous Italian engraver, Raphael Morghen, remarked, No engraver has ever equaled, and probably will not equal, the Dutchman Jacobus Houbraken, in the manner of imitating the flesh and the hair by means of the engraver. Pieter Pourbus (1523-1584) was a Flemish renaisaance painter, drafsman and cartographer who was active in Brugge.
Condition: Good, given age. Corners a bit wobbly, which can be flattened. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: GEORGE BUCHANAN-HISTORIAN-HUMANIST-SCOTTISH
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