Antique Print-TO PHILOSOPHIZE IS TO ACCEPT DEATH-Vaenius-Daret-1646

Pierre Daret

Erscheinungsdatum: 1646

Beschreibung

'Philosopher c'est apprendre a mourir.'Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 21 x 33,5 cm. (8,3 x 13,2 inch). Image size: 14,5 x 17,8 cm. (5,7 x 7 inch).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: Ref: Brunet II 1658. (Emblem 92)Made by 'Pierre Daret' after 'Otto Vaenius'. Pierre Daret de Cazeneuve (1604-1678) was a Frecnch painter and engraver from Paris. He was active in Paris and Italy as engraver, painter of mostly portraits. 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: Very good, given age. Small wormhole in bottom margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.Keywords: TO PHILOSOPHIZE IS TO ACCEPT DEATH-PHILOSOPHY-STUDY DEATH-ATROPOS-CORNUCOPIA-DEMON(PCO) A331-40. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers pco-17265

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Antique Print-TO PHILOSOPHIZE IS TO ACCEPT ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1646

Illustrator: Otto Vaenius

Zustand: Very Good

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