| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Jan de Bisschop after Willem Doudijns |
| Published | [c.1671] |
| Dimensions | Image & Plate 225 x 150 mm, Sheet 363 x 228 mm |
| Notes |
From Jan de Bisschop's Paradigmata Graphices Variorum Artificum, Per Ioh: Episcopum, ex Formis Nicolai Visscher (The Hague: Nicolaes Visscher II, 1671). An etching of part of the Medici group The Deaths of the Children of Niobe after a drawing by Willem Doudjins. Jan de Bisschop (1628 - 1671), also known as Johannes Episcopius, was a Dutch lawyer, draughtsman and etcher. Born in Amsterdam, Bisschop was taught to draw by the painter Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598 - 1657). A founding member of the Confrerie Pictura, Bisschop mainly worked in Amsterdam, and was active in Italy between 1655 and 1657. He is best-known for two publications: Signorum Veterum Icones (1668/9), a series of 100 plates of classical and Old Master sculpture, and Paradigmata Graphices Variorum Artificum, (1671), a series of 57 plates of classical and Old Master drawings and busts. Intended as teaching tools for other artists, Signorum... and Paradigmata.. were published in various editions, often as one volume, until the 1740s. Willem Doudjins (1630 - 1697) was a Dutch painter best known for mythological, historical and allegorical scenes. Active in The Hague, Doudjins visited Italy between 1649 and 1661, staying in Rome between 1656 and 1657. He was a member of the Bentvueghels painters' group. . Hollstein 6, Van Gelder I.94.6 |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £40.00 |
| Stock ID | 31622 |