Interesting collection of 99 engraved portraits... - Lot 19 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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Interesting collection of 99 engraved portraits... - Lot 19 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
Interesting collection of 99 engraved portraits - SPOOR (Henricus). Favissae, utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanaze quam Graecae, in quibus reperiuntur simulacra deorum, iconas magnorum ducum, poetarum, virorumque in quavis arte illustrium, accedunt faeminae tam virtutibus quamvitiis illustrious. Ultrajecti [in Utrecht], Gerard Muntendam, petit 4°, frontispiece, [8]-197-[1] p., including 99 portraits, half-bound in 19th c. canvas binding. (defeated binding). Interesting collection of 99 engraved portraits representing the bust effigies of Greek and Roman figures: gods, sovereigns, military leaders, philosophers, poets and writers, virtuous and dissolute women, heroines, doctors... Each engraving is accompanied by a short biography - based on classical texts - of the figure represented, as well as Latin verses and epigrams also referring to this figure, which occupies the opposite page. This original sample of characters from classical antiquity is an iconographic pretext with which Henricus Spoor makes a deep reflection on some of the most famous characters of ancient history and others no less famous of his time. He connects the past and the present to show his readers models or examples of virtue or vice. In short, it is a moral chronicle intertwined with irony and no less ingenuity between the pages of a story and certain protagonists who engage, invade. The engravings that illustrate the work were made by the Flemish engraver Pieter Bodart, and are based on drawings donated by the painter of the time Gerhard Hoet, who lived in Utrecht. Some of these engravings have the signature stamped with various letters: P.B., P.B.F. or P. Bodart f., although there are some unsigned plates which are assumed to be the work of the collaborators and assistants of the workshop. The engraving that serves as a frontispiece to the work bears the name of the painter and the engraver. There is an in-depth study of this extremely rare book: Isabel Rodriguez Lopez, Las Favissae de Henri
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