Antique Print-WISE-LAUGH-READING-PLATE DISPLAY-van Veen-Daret-1646

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

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.6 x 32.5 cm. The image size is ca. 14.6 x 17.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.7 x 6.9 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Le sage rit quand il faut rire.’ – (‘The wise man laughs when he has to laugh’). Several figures are seated along tables reading books. In the background several plates and vases are displayed on shelves. 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 top right of the image and a faint dampstain in the lower left margin edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-WISE-LAUGH-READING-PLATE DISPLAY-VAN VEEN-DARET

(PCO) A331-28