

Jan de Bisschop "Signorum Veterum Icones" gravura veche 1672-1689.
Conditie conform foto.
Dimensiuni 23,5x12,5 cm.
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1850,0810.692
Female statue wearing a garment looking at left holding out a laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm-leaf in her left hand; front view
Etching
This statue is regarded as a decorative Roman work of the second century A.D., based on a Hellenistic prototype of the third or second century B.C. The statue was depicted from two different angles, each on separate plate. For all two plates see: 1850,0810.691-692. The etchings, of which the second plate was more freely etched, show the statue completed with its modern additions the right way round. This means that De Bisschop must have worked from counterproofs. No draughtsman's name is mentioned, but to judge from the differences both in details and in the general rendering, the drawings must have been by different artists, probably even of different periods. Neither these drawings have been traced, nor have any intermediary drawings by De Bisschop. In his list of contents and locations De Bisschop incorrectly called the statue 'Flora in hortis Matthaeorum'.
For comment on volume see 1850,0810.652.
Not on display (157*.a.14)
1850
Prints & Drawings
1850,0810.692