Theatrum Pictorum Etching. A Sorceress Evoking Love. Original Engraving. Single Leaf.

Boel, Coryn. [After Antonio Corregio & David Teniers, the Younger].

Published by c1750-55, [Amsterdam?], 1750

About this Item

Fine impression, large outer margins. Verso (back) of print with old mounting tape remnants at top corners, no affect to recto (front), bottom right corner rounded, no affect. Large wide margins, excellent example overall of a rare piece. Signed A. da Corregio in lower left, and Q. Boel in lower right. Magical scene with a half-naked witch with sagging breasts seated at center, and looking up at Cupid in top left corner, a soldier asleep at right, magical instruments and inscriptions on the floor in foreground, and a book of spells in right corner. A sorceress evoking love. Most likely from Teniers Gallery, published in Amsterdam in mid 18th century. From a series of etchings as a part of Theatre of Paintings (Theatrum Pictorum) published by David Teniers the Younger in the 1660s for his employer at the time, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. It was a catalog of numerous paintings and painters in the Archduke?s collection. Teniers prepared the engravings of the paintings for the book. See British Museum for more on earlier print, c.1660. BM: 1837,0408.386 Citations: Hollstein 1-29 (c1656-1660). Mussini 1995 664 (c1656-1660). BM: 1983, U. 320 (our reference for other citations and earlier dates).The Met: 459068 (original painting). Etching: 7 x 9 inches. Overall with margins: 9.25 x 13.75 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theatrum Pictorum Etching. A Sorceress Evoking Love. Original Engraving. Single Leaf.
• Publisher: c1750-55, [Amsterdam?]
• Publication Date: 1750
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)