The Holy Family.
P.P. Rubbens Eq.s Pinx.t. John & And.r Van Rymsdyk Fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 445 x 325mm, 17 x 13".
The Virgin Mary crouched, holding the infant Christ. On the right stands the infant John the Baptist, astride a sheep, and the elderly St. Anne. Jan van Rymsdyk (1730-90), is best known for his engravings for William Hunter's 'Anatomia uteri umani gravidi' (The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures), published 1774. Challoner Smith describes a portrait of the Prince & Princess of Orange as 'his only known mezzotinto' (CS p.1044). He was a collector of drawings, and owned thirty-odd important items, including ones by Rembrandt and Van Dyck. He engraved this plate with his son, Andreas.
[Ref: 19840] £130.00
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 445 x 325mm, 17 x 13".
The Virgin Mary crouched, holding the infant Christ. On the right stands the infant John the Baptist, astride a sheep, and the elderly St. Anne. Jan van Rymsdyk (1730-90), is best known for his engravings for William Hunter's 'Anatomia uteri umani gravidi' (The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures), published 1774. Challoner Smith describes a portrait of the Prince & Princess of Orange as 'his only known mezzotinto' (CS p.1044). He was a collector of drawings, and owned thirty-odd important items, including ones by Rembrandt and Van Dyck. He engraved this plate with his son, Andreas.
[Ref: 19840] £130.00