Antique Print-TITLE PLATE-VARIOUS HERALDRY SHIELDS-Visscher-le Blon-c.1612-1625

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 14 x 16.6 cm (5.51 x 6.54 inch). Image size: 14 x 16.6 cm. (5.51 x 6.54 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed. Remains of paper at front left and rear from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ORNAMENT PRINT, ESCUTCHEON, HERALDRY, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, VISSCHER, LE BLON | PCO-C44-05

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Title plate from the suite ‘Verscheyden Wapen-Schilden’, published by Claes Jansz Visscher ca. 1612?1625. From a set of 8 ornament prints showing blank escutcheons.

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Reference: Fuhring, Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II, vol. 1, nos. 1344?1351; Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.

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Biography engraver: Claes Jansz Visscher (1587?1652) was a leading Dutch publisher and printmaker in Amsterdam, best known for maps, views, and emblematic prints.

Biography artist: Michiel le Blon (1587?1656) was a Dutch painter, engraver, and diplomat. Active in Sweden as art agent and adviser. His designs often reflect heraldry and ornament.