Description: THE KING'S WEDDING FEAST FOR HIS SON Facit Rex nuptias filio (Matthew, 22) Original copper plate engraving 1593 by ADRIAEN COLLAERT (Flemish School, 1555-c.1623) Signed at the bottom, just right of centre CONDITION/TECHNICAL: Trimmed to near the image line. Tiny losses at corners. Printed on thin, laid, chainlined paper typical of the late 16th/early 17th centuries. Latin titles and captions. An evenly inked, early example, all of the detail is crisp and clear, with excellent tonal contrast. Superb quality. Incredible detail everywhere you look in this packed composition. The item comes from the "Evangelicae Historiae Imagines" of Hieronymus Natalis (Nadal), an important Jesuit Counter-Reformation treatise first published in 1593. * Collaert only contributed a handful of plates to this work. Very scarce indeed. Sheet measures 9 inches high x 5.75 inches wide This fine series, which features engravings by Hieronymus Wierix, his brothers Anton and Jan, Karel Van Mallery and Adriaen Collaert features in virtually every Print Museum collection. Your standard library works of reference are Hollstein, and Marie Mauquoy-Hendrickx., Les Estampes des Wierix....catalog raisonee (4 vols., Brussels, 1978-83).
Price: 24.99 GBP
Location: Wadhurst
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Artist: Adriaen Collaert
Originality: Original
Signed By: Adriaen Collaert
Size: Small
Signed: Yes
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Material: Paper
Region of Origin: Netherlands
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Religious
Print Surface: Paper
Colour: Black
Type: Print
Medium: Engraving
Style: Old Master
Theme: Religious
Production Technique: Copper Engraving
Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
Time Period Produced: Pre-1700
