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SERIES OF THE MONTHS - 1572
With scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses and signs of the Zodiac
A complete series of twelve plates after Gerard van Groeningen by Van Doetecum
Reference: New Hollstein 187 (Gerard van Groeningen) New Hollstein 634.I ( III / III) (Johannes and Lucas van Doetecum)
This is a third state, The series was first published by Gerard de Jode; then by Claes Jansz Visscher; and finally by Jan Schabaelje.
Jan Schabaelje was a Dutch publisher/printer who was active in Amsterdam between 1643-1649. This series was published at that time.
Description as found in the BM are:
1.Deucalion and Pyrrha; landscape with the couple throwing stones which turn into children in lower left corner, the couple again in front of the temple of Themis at centre, the couple in a stream around the temple at right, animals lying dead in lower right corner, classical ruins in background;
2.Venus and Adonis; landscape with Adonis lying dead in Venus's lap, Cupid holding his hand, a large spear lying on the floor behind him, three dogs at right, classical ruins in background;
5.Pyramus and Thisbe; landscape with Pyramus lying dead next to a fountain in foreground, Thisbe standing next to him and ready to stab herself with a dagger, a tomb and a lion under an arch at left, a city in background
7. Daedalus and Icarus; seascape with Daedalus burying Icarus in lower left corner, his wings lying next to him, a temple on a small island at centre, Daedalus flying and Icarus seen falling from the sky in top right corner;
10.Erysichton and Ceres; an emaciated man crawling in foreground, Ceres on a chariot drawn by dragons at top centre, ruins of classical buildings at left and at centre, a city in background at right; Narcissus; landscape with Narcissus looking at his reflection in the water in lower right corner, a garden with a fountain in background
Additional Information
SKU | xxr225 |
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Picture Size | 20,50 cm x 29 cm |
Specification | |
technic | Engraving |
Artist | Johannes and Lucas Doetecum |
period | 16th Century |
School | Dutch |
subject | Mythology |
rating | *** |
Inventor
Gerard Groenningen ( 1550 - 1599; active)
Flemish printmaker and print designer, active in Antwerp. In earlier literature, the P in his monogram was interpreted as Paludanus, but this is based on no documentary evidence
Bibliography: U. Mielke, 'Gerard Groenning: Ein Antwerpener Kunstler um 1570: Verzeichnis seiner Zeichnungen und Stichwerke aus dem Wissenschaftlichen Nachlass von Hans Mielke', in Jarhrbuch der Berliner Museen 38 (1996), pp.121-150.
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