Live auction - Lot 83
[Flemish]
"Theatrum pictorium Davidis Teniers Antverpiensis [...]".
Antwerp, H. & C. Verdussen, [1684]
Hammer price: €
900
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
182 engravings (on 178 leaves), various sizes (occ. stains, 1 double pl. splitting and repaired)
Good general condition.
Part of the famous "Theatrum Pictorium" (1st ed. 1660) by David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690), court painter of Archduke Leopold William (1614-1662), Governor of the Southern Netherlands. Contains title with engr. vignette, author's foreword and 178 pl. (of 246) incl. engr. front. by J. van Troyen, portrait of Teniers by L. Vorsterman, 2 pl. presenting 2 subjects and 6 double pl., representing works of prominent Italian painters engr. by various engravers.