Author: Lieven Mehus (1630-1691)
Title: Antique print, etching | Ornamental plate, published ca. 1660, 1 p.
Description: First plate after the frontispiece of a set of plates [Divertimenti di Livio Meus] with ornamental details.Signed: Livio M.Numbered at bottom left, after the signature: 1.Pencil annotations on verso.Lieven Mehus or Livio Mehus was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver of the Baroque period, who trained and worked in Italy. He was mainly active in Florence where he was court painter of Prince Mattias de' Medici. During his lifetime he enjoyed a high reputation for his allegorical and mythological scenes, landscapes, religious works and portraits.Rare.[NL] Dierenkoppen en een vruchtentros. Antieke ets gemaakt door Lieven Mehus. Etching on paper, with some margin; total: 129 x 92 mm; some handling traces, rubbing and dirt; traces of previous mounting on verso, a repaired tear on the top left corner. Mounted on paper passepartout.

Keywords: Animals|Design|Heads and faces|Onderwerpen