De Roem der Kunst. Jan Van Huysum. Wilt gy een Wonder zien in 't handlen der Penceelen? ... Geen die hem overtreft of heeden by Hem haalt.
A. van Halen fecit. [n.d. c.1730.] Rare mezzotint. 254 x 171mm. 10 x 6¾". Cut to image. Rust stain top left. Portrait of Jan van Huysum, half-length and standing behind an inscribed pedestal, looking at left, holding a drawing of a flower, a flower painting on an easel behind him, fruit and flower in foreground. Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) was a Dutch painter, known for his flower pictures.
[Ref: 24070] £230.00
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Gerardus de Lairesse Pictor. Leodiensis. Laires was eerst Apelli, daar naa wierd hij Homeet. Ligt krygt den Amstel in geen eeuw zoo'n Fenix weer.
A: v: H: schulpt. [n.d. c.1730.] Mezzotint, rare. 170 x 133mm. 6¾ x 5¼". Cut to image. Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He was a classicist and theorist, known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 24068] £130.00
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