Antique Print-EMBLEM-LUST FOR GOLD-ALCHEMY-BIRD-SALT-TAIL-21-Savery-Veen-1642

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Antique print, titled: 'De Gout-zucht is een groote plaagh, Veel slimmer als een quade maagh.' - ('Lust for gold is a great plague, much worse than a bad stomach'). In the image a girl wants to put salt on bird's tails with a old woman standing in the open half-door to the left. 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. The left margin cropped short with minimal loss of the left side of the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: C330-20 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 62528

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