TENIERS (David). Theatrum pictorium Davidis Teniers Antverpi - Lot 78

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TENIERS (David). Theatrum pictorium Davidis Teniers Antverpi - Lot 78
TENIERS (David). Theatrum pictorium Davidis Teniers Antverpiensis, pictoris serenissimorum principum Leopoldi Guillelmi Austriae & Joannis Austriacci pro Philippo IV, Rege Hispaniarum Belgii Gubernatorum. In quo exhibentur ipsius manu delineatae ejusque cura in aes incisae picturae archetipiae Italicae, quas ipse Sermus Archidux in Pinacothecam suam Bruxellis collegit. Antverpiae, Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen, s.d.. In-folio, bound in contemporary brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated. (Headbands torn off, corners heavily worn. Binding worn). A portrait of D. Teniers engraved by Lucas Vorsterman after Pieter Thijs, title, a preliminary leaf in Latin, 240 (out of 245) plates of which 7 double plates. Missing plates 21, 22, 181, 182 and 183. Plate 1 is the medallion portrait of Archduke Leopold-Guillaume painted by Teniers and engraved by Joannes van Troyen. The first edition was published in Brussels in 1660. Archduke Leopold-Guillaume, a great collector of paintings, especially those of the Italian masters, had commissioned David Teniers, who had been appointed court painter, to compile an illustrated catalogue of his favourite paintings. Teniers first painted reductions which he then had engraved by 12 artists: Jan van Troyen, Coryn Boel, Bellini, Correggio, Tintoretto ...
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