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Emanuel Sweert - Maria Merian - Daniel Rabel - Copper engraving 4 tulips plate 5
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ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TULIP ENGRAVINGS EVER PUBLISHED Four Tulips PL.V. (plate 5), copper engraving made by Em(m)anuel Sweert(s) and published by Daniel Rabel in Paris 1622-1633 as part of the "Theatrum Florae", coloured/painted later by hand.
This work comes from the collection of the famous Berlin gallerist Eleonore Halbscheffel (Germany). Gallerie DER KUPFERTICH specialized in copper engravings from the 17th and 18th centuries.
See the images of the gallery's old advertisements from the 1940s.
It's in the original gold frame with passe partout with inlaid gold striping.
Description on back: Tulips - blossom
Original copperplate engraving by Maria-Sibylla Marian from around 1720.
Specimen of particular beauty.
Measurements with frame:
Width 52 cm / 20,47 inch
Height 66,5 cm / 26,18 inch
Measurements Artwork / inside passe partout:
Width 28 cm / 11,02 inch
Height 41 cm / 16,14 inch
Four tulips PL.V. (plate 5), copper engraving made by Em(m)anuel Sweert(s) and published by Daniel Rabel in Paris 1622-1633 as part of the "Theatrum Florae", coloured in later by hand. Daniel Rabel (1578-1637) was first employed as a portrait painter by Marie de Medicis, the second wife of Henry IV of France. In 1612 he became official artist to Duke of Nevers. Around 1631 he was appointed official artist to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Henry IV's third son. The "Theatrum Florae" was originally published in Paris in 1622, with later editions in 1627 and 1633, and was a collection of botanical illustrations of 69 of the most decorative flowers available to 17th-century gardeners, and which Rabel had been commissioned to paint for Gaston of Orléans. It is truly (as stated in the preface to vol.I) ".une tres-jolie collection qui ont été dessinées & gravées d'après nature" [.a very nice collection.which were drawn and engraved from nature]. Other artists later added their work, notably Nicolas Robert (1614 1685). There is some doubt among scholars as to whether Rabel engraved the original 69 plates, as none of them is signed and his name only appears on the titlepage of the third edition. By the end of the 1700s they were generally assumed to have been done by Dutch artist Emanuel Sweert.
Four tulips PL.V. (plate 5)
Image 11: Tulipa alba cum punctis et veniis flame rubentibus
Image 12: Tulipa alba coum punctis et flammis rubris serotina
Image 13: Tulipa flore albicante cum punctis et flammis purpureis unguibus atro purpureis sub albo circulo cinctis
Image 14: Tulipa Eyrizine aliis bonbicina flore rubro unguibus purpureis sulphureis circulo cinctis
This plate was a part of The bulb catalog of Emanuel Sweert, the very first bulb catalog in the world. The catalog was published in 1612. Constantijn Huygens used the catalog in the creation of his famous garden in Voorburg. Fortunately, we know exactly which bulbs were in circulation at the beginning of the 17th century, thanks to the bulb catalog of the Amsterdammer Emanuel Sweert.
Sweert had been the court gardener for Emperor Rudolf II in Vienna. He sold his bulbs in Amsterdam, at the bookstore of his son-in-law, and at the annual market in Frankfurt. In 1612, he released a catalog featuring all the bulbs in his possession, marking the world's very first bulb catalog. The illustrations were drawn and engraved by artists.
Tulips were actually the driver behind Europe's first ever commercial catalogue.
Although Amsterdam and Tulips now seem as synonymous as Holland and windmills, the flower is not originally Dutch. It reached the low countries in the late 16th century having traveled from Central Asia via Turkey and Vienna. Fortunately, the flower fit admirably with the spirit of the Dutch golden age and the associated craze for 'curiosities'. Initially, the Tulip was only cultivated with the assistance of gardeners employed by wealthy 'burghers', as they were the only ones able to afford a garden for pleasure. However, admiration for the flower began to expand beyond the upper class with the publication of books and manuals highlighting its unique beauty. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium is perhaps the best known of those books. In fact, it is now believed to be the first commercial nursery catalog in Europe's history. In life, Emanuel Sweert was successful as both a botanist and a businessman. He lived primarily in Amsterdam on the Bloemgracht, a canal in one of the new layouts of the then rapidly expanding city. While not the first to have business in selling curiosities like shells, fossils, and bulbs; he ws the first to recognize the true commercial value of the Tulip.
His superbly hand-colored Florilegium of 1612 helped to broaden the potential market for Tulips. Magnificent garden Tulips appear in the book, feathered and flamed in gorgeous colors. Technology also played a key role in its popularity, as Sweert used engravings on copper plates (versus older woodblocks) in publication, allowing for much more detail to be captured.
Sweert used his catalog to whet his customers' appetites for his wares. In modern terms, they were point-of-sale materials or classy advertisements. But in the dark days of October and November, when bulbs went on sale, potential customers needed a vision of what was inside the brown, round bulbs, and Sweert's publication became a bestseller (including many reprints in the early 17th century).
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- Dimensions:Height: 26.19 in (66.5 cm)Width: 20.48 in (52 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.5 cm)
- Style:Other (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1700
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:EINDHOVEN, NL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU9046238464802
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