Vrydag Daniel (4 results)

Condition: Good. Engraving. 24 x 28 cm (sheet). Text in Dutch. Very Good, minor surface rubs in the margin areas, print affixed to a support sheet, a short tear at lower left sheet edge,

Condition: Good. Etching and engraving on laid paper. After a drawing by J. Bulothuis. 23 x 26.7 cm. (plate). 24 x 28 cm. (sheet). Unidentified (blue) collector's stamp at lower right. Very Good. Light soiling. A light vertical crease, extending from top to bottom of sheet. One of 81 etchings by the artists to Tafereelen van de Staatsomwenteling in Frankrijk. published Amsterdam, 1824-25.

Engraving with burin on cream laid paper, 7 7/8 x 13 inches (198 x 330 mm) full margins. Octavo fold with additional hard creases with an associated loss in the lower left margin, scattered foxing and scattered light areas of discoloration throughout. Adhesive residue along the left sheet edge.

A large etching/engraving on laid paper, uncoloured. Plate size is 55cm x 44cm, on a sheet measuring 66cm x 50cm. Decorative emblem at bottom center, beneath which is the imprint: "C.S. Roos excudit - Amstelodami - 1801." At lower left: "P. Barbiers del. J. Kuyper fig. del.". At lower right: "D. Vrydag sculp. R. Vinkeles fig. sculp.". Titled in Dutch & French. A depiction of The Drawing Academy at The Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam, showing the wire frame from which backdrops were suspended, also artists sketching a live model and a skinned cadaver. Some wear to edges and short marginal tears (none reach into the plate), a very good copy. A striking and uncommon image. The philanthropic Felix Meritis ("Happy by Merit") Society was founded in Amsterdam in 1777. In 1788 the Louis XVI-style house built by Dutch architect Jacob Otten Husly was opened in the Keizersgracht. The drawing room, in which live models were posed, had a special feature of a lattice scaffold attached to the ceiling which could be lowered if necessary, to aid in posing models.