Rare-Antique Master Print-SENSES-FEELING-WOMEN-FALCON-MORALITY-van de Passe-1590

This extremely rare print shows a younger woman with a bird, apparantly a parrot, on her hand and an older lady is holding a finger against her mouth. The sense feeling is meant here. From a series of six on the five senses entitled ‘Quinque Sensuum Figurae’. German moralistic text and latin titel around the print.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 9.8 x 9.8 cm (3.86 x 3.86 inch). Image size: 9.8 x 9.8 cm. (3.86 x 3.86 inch).

Condition: good, given age. No margin. Two folds. Stain on reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SENSES-FEELING-WOMEN-BIRD-MORALITY | RBOS-A10-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was first published in Cologne 1590. This is a later impression.

Reference: Hollstein 499-504. Franken, D. L’Oeuvre grav? des van de Passe (Paris: F. Muller et Cie, 1881), nos.1101.

Biography engraver: Crispijn van de Passe de Oude (ca. 1565-1637) was a Dutch engraver, draftsman, and print publisher. He was the progenitor of a family of internationally active and renowned engravers. Van de Passe made portraits of European royalty and nobles, and other prominent figures such as Pope Paul V and the Dutchmen Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Aernout van Buchel, and Maarten Tromp.