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Herman van SwaneveltThe Birth of Adonis; Plate 1 from The Story of Adonis1654
1654
$500
£388.62
€443.11
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About the Item
Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified heraldic watermark with a windmill, and the collector's stamp of Count F. J. von Enzenberg (1802-1879), Innsbruck, in the shape of the alphabetic characters FE topped with a crown in blue ink (Lugt 845) on the verso. 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (247 x 326 mm), thread margins. Uniform age tone with scattered surface soiling, consistent with age. The plate number (1) is located between the two main bodies of text. A beautiful, early impression from Van Swanevelt's six plate series, The Story of Adonis.
[Hollstein 105].
A note on the collector's stamp:
Count Franz Jozef von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jöchelsthurn, a member of the Austrian Herrenhaus and holder of various titles, devoted more than half a century to assembling a considerable collection of prints. Gifted with excellent taste and a strong historical sense, he took advantage of a time when these prints often fetched prices that today seem ridiculous. He attended the major auctions of his time and often acquired entire collections. Many of the pieces in his collection were extremely rare, and several of his unique prints are mentioned in Passavant's Le Peintre-Graveur and other handbooks. His Tratzberg Castle in Tyrol, restored under his direction, is further proof of his love of beauty.
–Fritz Lugt.
- Creator:Herman van Swanevelt (1600 - 1654, Dutch)
- Creation Year:1654
- Dimensions:Height: 9.73 in (24.7 cm)Width: 12.84 in (32.6 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:Early 17th Century
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Middletown, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: BH22751stDibs: LU1979217137602
Herman van Swanevelt
Herman van Swanevelt or Herman Swanevelt, born in Woerden in 1603 and died in Paris in 1655, was a Dutch painter and engraver. He mainly painted landscapes. His training is very little known. He worked in several places outside Holland, in Spain, Paris and Italy. His first known painting dates from 1630.
In 1629, he went to Rome and painted many landscapes, in which he took a particular interest in the treatment of light. His reputation extended to the powerful Barberini family, who commissioned paintings from him, as did the Vatican.
He painted landscapes for Philip IV of Spain in Madrid.
In 1644 he was appointed "ordinary painter to the king" at the court of France. From 1650 until his death, he lived most often in Paris. That same year, he obtained a royal privilege to publish his prints. In France, he worked on the decoration of the Hôtel Lambert, for which he executed the landscapes for the paneling of the "Gallery of Love" (visible today at the Louvre Museum). In 1653, he became a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. He was the protégé of Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIV.
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