Theodor De Bry - Minerva in a landscape - 1592
Description: Minerva in a landscape holding a spearwith bandarolle and an empty shield; Engraving from: Emblemata nobilitati et vulgo scitu digna (Frankfurt 1592-3)
Notes: Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Secure international inhouse shipping at low cost. Dimensions: 6,50 x 8,10 Artist Name: Theodor De Bry (1528-1598) Literature: Hollstein 30-123 . Johann Theodor de Bry (publisher/printer; printmaker; German; Flemish; 1561 - 1623) Engraver, etcher, printmaker and publisher. Born in Liège in 1561 died in Frankfurt am Main in 1623. Son of Theodor de Bry, and worked in the family publishing firm in Frankfurt (moving it to Oppenheim 1609-20). Involved in the publication of two popular emblem books: 'Emblemata nobilitatis et vulgo scitu digna' and 'Emblemata secularia'. With his brother Johann Israel he also published the design of a grotesque and quasi-erotic human alphabet. His independent work includes reproductive engravings after such maters as Titian, Marten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert and Sebald Beham. Medium: Engraving Circa: 1592
Condition: With full plate borders and margins on watermarked laid paper. The margins a bit thumbed.
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Description: Minerva in a landscape holding a spearwith bandarolle and an empty shield; Engraving from: Emblemata nobilitati et vulgo scitu digna (Frankfurt 1592-3)
Notes: Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Secure international inhouse shipping at low cost. Dimensions: 6,50 x 8,10 Artist Name: Theodor De Bry (1528-1598) Literature: Hollstein 30-123 . Johann Theodor de Bry (publisher/printer; printmaker; German; Flemish; 1561 - 1623) Engraver, etcher, printmaker and publisher. Born in Liège in 1561 died in Frankfurt am Main in 1623. Son of Theodor de Bry, and worked in the family publishing firm in Frankfurt (moving it to Oppenheim 1609-20). Involved in the publication of two popular emblem books: 'Emblemata nobilitatis et vulgo scitu digna' and 'Emblemata secularia'. With his brother Johann Israel he also published the design of a grotesque and quasi-erotic human alphabet. His independent work includes reproductive engravings after such maters as Titian, Marten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert and Sebald Beham. Medium: Engraving Circa: 1592
Condition: With full plate borders and margins on watermarked laid paper. The margins a bit thumbed.
