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Rare edition of 100 plates of the statues present in Rome with a portrait and dedication to Christian Eberhard, Fürst of Ostfriesland
SCHENCK, Petrus (& François PERRIER).Signorum et statuarum symbola perreriana; eleganti coelo denuo exsculpta, & novo nitore edita à Petro Schenck.      Amsterdam, Petrus Schenck, 1702. Folio. Contemporary vellum with double gilt fillets along the edges, gilt corner pieces, gilt centre piece in inner panel, spine divided in nine compartments by double gilt fillets. With a full-page portrait (273 x 175 mm) of the dedicatee Christian Eberhard, Fürst of Ostfriesland, full-page engraved dedication by Petrus Schenck, 98 full-page and 2 double-page engraved plates by Schenck after the plates by C. van Dalen Sr. and Jr., 23 of which in reverse. 6 pp. Very rare first and only edition of these plates of the statues present in Rome during the first half of the seventeenth century as engraved by the famous and prolific Dutch etcher, (mezzotint-)engraver and publisher Petrus Schenk (1660-1713), pupil and brother-in-law of Gerard Valck. Among the statues are the famous Laocoon group 'spectatur in hortis Vaticanis'), the statues of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitolino, Cleopatra, etc., divided into 'men' (nrs. 1-53, 'women' (nrs. 54-87), and laying statues (nrs. 87-100), standing in the city of Rome, the Vatican and the houses and gardens of important families: the Medici, Justiniani, Borghese, Farnese, etc.. The print-series is also important for artist, students of art, travellers, topographical historians, and of course for all lovers of art and classical statues. Already early in the Renaissance, classical sculptures were being recommended as models for drawing. They were judged to be the most perfect models for the teaching of dimensions and proportions.. Classical statues were also considered the most perfect models for aesthetics. The 'Apollo Belvedere', for instance, represented moral beauty and the 'Laokoon-group' represented pathetic beauty. The 100 plates are copied from the plates by C. van Dalen Sr (1602-1665) and Jr. (1638-ca. 1664) which were first published in ca. 1660 by Nic. Visscher in Amsterdam, later re-published as Eigentlyke afbeeldinge, van hondert der aldervermaerdste statuen, of antique-beelden staande binnen Romen. Afgetekent door ... Francisco Perrier ... (The Hague, H. Versteegh, ca. 1730), and again in 1737 with the title Kunstkabinet, besluitende hondert der antique stantbeelden staende binnen Rome; door ... François Perrier ... (The Hague, Bernardus van der Cloese) as a supplement to François Jacques Deseine's Beschrijving van oud en nieuw Rome (Amsterdam, Fr. Halma, 1704). Schenck has copied the plates (23 in reverse) without the engraved titles underneath. These titles (descriptions) are here given on 3 pp. with printed text, signed by Lud. Smids: 'Index signorum & statuarum' in Latin and Dutch. On p. (4) is the privilege dated 24 September 1695. Two of the original plates by Van Dalen (100 and 87; now: plates 99 and 100) Schenck has enlarged to double-page format (235 x 375 mm). The original plates by Francois Perrier (1590-1650) were published in 1638 in Paris. Perrier studied in Rome from 1635 to 1628 and again from 1635 to 1645. During his first visit, he was employed in Lanfranco's studio and was influenced by his master's work. He also admired the painting of Pietro da Cortona and the Carracci. Perrier's work was significant in that it helped introduce Baroque style to France. He also 'has brought the antique art to the Netherlands', Wibrandus de Geest (d. 1716) wrote in his Kabinet der statuen, published in 8-vo in the same year 1702, containing rather primitive and much smaller copies of Perrier plates. Our copy is dedicated to Christian Eberhard, Fürst of Ostfriesland of the House Cirksena (1665-1708, Aurich): his beautiful full-page portrait and the engraved dedication (a copy in reverse of the title-page of the ca. 1730 edition with the plates by Cornelis van Dalen) are bound between the title and the 'Index signorum & statuarum' by Lud. Smids. The only copy listed in the STCN doesn't contain this portrait and dedication! Good copy of this rare work, with ownership's entry of M. Terwiel on first fly-leaf.- (Tear in 3 plates (49-50, 88), binding a bit soiled).
Hollstein XXV, 1836-1936 (portrait: Hollstein XXV, 542); Thieme-Becker 30, pp. 29-30;
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