Author: Hollar, Wenceslaus (1607-1677).
Title: Aeneas and Dido in the Underworld": An Original Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar After a Drawing by Francis Cleyn.
Description: [London: Thomas Warren], [1654]. [1654]. - An original 11-5/8 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide etching, illustrated with a 10-1/8 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide image etched by Hollar. Latin text from Aenid L6 added within the plate marks at the bottom is etched by Hollar on either side of a coat of arms. As per Pennington 314, (State 2): In the center foreground Aeneas and the Sybil encounter the naked Dido who points to the wounds in her side. In the background are the women who have died for love. "Fra: Cleyn inv." and "W. Hollar fecit" are etched within the image at the lower right. Text on the verso, printed in letterpress, is from Ogilby's original 1654 English edition. Closely cropped near the plate marks, the etching is mounted with glue from the verso onto a larger sheet of paper. The print is in otherwise near fine condition although the edges of the mount are foxed. One of a series of original etchings by Wenceslaus Hollar which were created to illustrate scenes from Virgil. They first appeared in 1654 in John Ogilby's "The Works of Publivs Virgilivs Maro Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated with Annotations". The work was published in London and printed for the author by Thomas Warren. Hollar's etchings were after drawings by Francis Cleyn. Noted for his engravings and etchings, the prolific Bohemian artist Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) spent much of his life in England. [Ref.: Richard Pennington: "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677", published by Cambridge University Press, 1982]. Very good .
Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL ETCHING; PRINT; WENCESLAUS HOLLAR; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; VIRGIL; AENEAS AND DIDO IN THE UNDERWORLD; AENEAS; SYBIL; UNDERWORLD; WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED FOR LOVE; WOUND IN HER SIDE; NAKED DIDO; THE WORKS OF PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS; THOMAS W
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Title: Aeneas and Dido in the Underworld": An Original Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar After a Drawing by Francis Cleyn.
Description: [London: Thomas Warren], [1654]. [1654]. - An original 11-5/8 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide etching, illustrated with a 10-1/8 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide image etched by Hollar. Latin text from Aenid L6 added within the plate marks at the bottom is etched by Hollar on either side of a coat of arms. As per Pennington 314, (State 2): In the center foreground Aeneas and the Sybil encounter the naked Dido who points to the wounds in her side. In the background are the women who have died for love. "Fra: Cleyn inv." and "W. Hollar fecit" are etched within the image at the lower right. Text on the verso, printed in letterpress, is from Ogilby's original 1654 English edition. Closely cropped near the plate marks, the etching is mounted with glue from the verso onto a larger sheet of paper. The print is in otherwise near fine condition although the edges of the mount are foxed. One of a series of original etchings by Wenceslaus Hollar which were created to illustrate scenes from Virgil. They first appeared in 1654 in John Ogilby's "The Works of Publivs Virgilivs Maro Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated with Annotations". The work was published in London and printed for the author by Thomas Warren. Hollar's etchings were after drawings by Francis Cleyn. Noted for his engravings and etchings, the prolific Bohemian artist Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) spent much of his life in England. [Ref.: Richard Pennington: "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677", published by Cambridge University Press, 1982]. Very good .
Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL ETCHING; PRINT; WENCESLAUS HOLLAR; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; VIRGIL; AENEAS AND DIDO IN THE UNDERWORLD; AENEAS; SYBIL; UNDERWORLD; WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED FOR LOVE; WOUND IN HER SIDE; NAKED DIDO; THE WORKS OF PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS; THOMAS W
Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 96613
- Book number: 96613
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