Antique Print-DEATH-UNLIT LANTERN-HEAVEN-DEVENTER-EMBLEM-50-Savery-Veen-1642

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Antique print, titled: 'Voor die sich staagh tot Godt begeeven, Baardt hier de Doodt het eeuwigh leeven.' - ('For those who steadily live their life in service of God, Death causes eternal life'). Moralistic emblem arguing that one should lead one's life in the service of the Lord in order to attain a place in Heaven. In the image a couple walks past a house where an unlit lantern is hung outside the door. According to the poem accompanying this emblem, this was a custom in Deventer and other Dutch cities along the river IJssel, to show that someone died in that house (as in, the light of a life has left in this house). Etching on hand laid paper. Description: From: The first edition of Jan van Veen's very popular work "Zinne-Beelden oft Adams Appel." Amsterdam: Everhard Cloppenburgh, 1642. This first edition was the only edition to include the French diptychs below each emblem, and the only edition in this larger (4to) size. This popular series describes an ironic description of Dutch contemporary morality, attractively illustrated by landscape / genre scenes in a painterly style. Several later ed. were published. Ref: Praz 522-3; Landwehr, Emblem & Fable 842; Visser 507.Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Salomon Savery' after an anonymous artist. Salomon Savery (1594-ca. 1665) was a Dutch artist, nephew of Roelant Savery. He was one of the most prolific printmakers associated with book illustration in 17th century Netherlands. Condition: Very good, given age. Right margin uneven from binding. Left margin cropped close to the platemark. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: C330-43 The overall size is ca. 6.1 x 8.1 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 3.9 inch. The overall size is ca. 15.5 x 20.5 cm. The image size is ca. 13.5 x 10 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 62551

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