Antique Print-EMBLEMS-HORATIUS-VIRTUE-WISDOM-1756

Price: € 44,50

Subject: Emblem 5. 'De wysheid en Deugd gaan zamen'. (Wisdom and virtue match; plate also shows Pallas Athena, a peacock, Justice and a goat).

Condition: Fine; age related toning; some light staining from handling as visible on the scanned images.

Medium: Copperplate etching / engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark (not visible on all sheets).

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 9.5 x 15 cm. The image size is ca. 6 x 4.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 3.7 x 5.9 inch. The image size is ca. 2.4 x 1.8 inch.

Part Number: 7662

Location: A34-29

Description: These original authentic rare old emblem / engraving / print originates from a 1756 edition of "De Leermeester der Zeden, vertoont in Horatius zinnebeelden ...", published by Tjeert Bliek in Amsterdam. (Lesson of life / moral lessons by Horatius). We carry more items from this series.

Artists and Engravers: The emblem / print is possibly engraved by S. Fokke (one emblem on the dedication page shows his name) after "Emblemata Horatium", by O. Vaenius (Otto van Veen; 1556-1629). The accompanying text consist of poems by Anthony Janssen van ter Goes (1626-1699)