Description: Joannes van Doetecum the Elder (Dutch, 1530-1605) or Lucas van Doetecum (Flemish, active 1554-1572)After Cornelis (II) Floris de Vriendt (Flemish, 1514-1575). Published by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, 1518-1570) in Antwerp, 1556 (published). A stunning engraving on laid paper from one of nine plates (M) of grotesque ornaments from a suite of twelve titled "Veelderley Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten ghemaeckt tot dienste van alle die Conste beminne ende ghebruiken (Various Changes of Caves and Compartments Made for the Service of All Who Love and Use Art)." The wild anthropomorphic transformations shown here, of humans blooming from architectural features and folding into phantasmagorical creatures, are emblematic of the grotesquerie of the Baroque. They were intended as design ideas for incorporation into furniture, metalwork, and other decorative invention. This set is quite rare: individual prints have sold at auction for upwards of $1500. Trimmed to platemark and laid down on a larger 14 x 20 inch sheet of antique laid paper. Small strip of paper loss along upper right edge. Size of image: 8.1" W x 12.1" H (20.6 cm x 30.7 cm) Cornelis Floris was a Flemish sculptor, architect, draughtsman, medalist and designer of prints and luxury. He operated a large workshop in Antwerp from which he worked on many large construction projects in Flanders, Germany and Denmark. He was one of the designers of the Antwerp City Hall. He developed a new style, which was informed by Flemish traditions, the 16th century Italian Renaissance and possibly the School of Fontainebleau. His innovations spread throughout Northern Europe where they had a major influence on the development of sculpture and architecture in the 16th and early 17th centuries. from Hollstein's publication on the Doetecums" The brothers Jan and Lucas Doetecum (c1520-1605) left Deventer for Antwerp, where they worked for the great publishers Hieronymus Cock and Gerard de Jode. They etched landscapes after Pieter Bruegel the Elder and the so-called Master of the Small Landscapes, ornamental designs after Cornelis Floris and Hans Vredeman de Vries, maps for Cock, De Jode and Abraham Ortelius etc.The brothers developed a special technique of etching, so closely resembling the quality of engraving that their prints have been frequently described as engravings. Contemporaries most valued their technique through which the Van Doetecums were able, with a minimum of effort, to imitate engraving and to produce a smooth gradation of tone. Until recent times art historians paid little attention to the brothers who were considered a reproduction engravers, but since the studies of Oberhuber, Mielke and Riggs they are considered to be original and important graphic artists. After the death of Lucas in the early eighties of the sixteenth century Jan returned to the northern Netherlands, where he then worked with his sons Jan the Younger and Baptista. Jan engraved important maps, such as the sea charts for Lucas Waghenaer's Spieghel and Thresoor der Zeevaert and the maps after Petrus Plancius (1592), which were so important to the Dutch explorers. The Van Doetecum family also made the illustrations for the famous itineraries of Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Gerrit de Veer and Olivier van Noort. Moreover the Van Doetecums built up an important own stock of maps, history prints and art prints. In his native town Deventer Jan made some highly interesting anti-catholic prints.
Price: 750 USD
Location: South Hadley, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-12-26T22:34:13.000Z
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Type: Print
Year of Production: 1556
Time Period Produced: Pre-1700
