Antique Print-VIRTUE-OBJECT OF ENVY-STATUE-ATHENA-ZEUS-van Veen-Daret-1646

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

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.5 x 32.5 cm. The image size is ca. 14.3 x 17.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.6 x 6.9 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘La vertu est l’obiet de l’envie.’ – (‘Virtue is the object of envy’). Several men point at and mock the central statue of Athena. In the background Athena and Zeus appear in the clouds. 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. A faint stain in the center of the image. Small tear in lower margin, backed with acid free archival tape. Some faint creasing in the lower right. A dampstain in the lower margin edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-VIRTUE-OBJECT OF ENVY-STATUE-ATHENA-ZEUS-VAN VEEN-DARET

(PCO) A331-29