Author: Joannes Fijt (1611-1661)
Title: Antique print, etching | Frontispiece of the set of the dogs, published 1642, 1 p.
Description: Title-page with title written on a large pedestal ornamented with garlands and two Sphinges in the centre, a tree to the left, two dogs wearing leashes sitting in front of the pedestal to the right, one of the dogs looking at a rabbit in the lower left corner.Frontispiece to a series of seven prints showing dogs.Inscribed: All. Illmo. sigre: mio, e Prone Collmo el sigre: / Don Carlo Guasco / ... / In Segno del Suo / ossequio dedica / Gio Fyt / con / Privileggo. / 1642.Signed on bottom right: Ioannes Fyt pinxit et fecit.On verso collector's mark of Nikolai Semyonovich Mosolov (1847-1914) [L.1802].[NL] Titelprent voor serie honden. Antieke prent gemaakt door Joannes Fijt (1611-1661). Etching on paper trimmed on or close to plate mark; total: 166 x 222 mm; state II/ 6; traces of handling, some light staining on the bottom margin, overall in good condition. Nice full watermark with a coat of arms. Hollstein 9.

Keywords: Animals|Archeology|Frontispiece|Hunting