Gerardi de Lairesse, Leodiensis pictoris, Opus elegantissimum.
Alternate Title(s):
Opus elegantissimum
Published / Created:
Amsteladami : Per Nicolaum Visscher ... editum, [ca. 1690?]
Physical Description:
[56] double leaves of plates : all ill. ; 52 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:4190566
Classification:
Articles & Chapters
Notes:
Comprises a frontispiece portrait of Lairesse, followed by a series of prints predominantly by him, along with engravings by his students or contemporaries. Almost all known copies of the work exhibit differences in content and order. There are four known states. The first bears the imprint of N. Visscher; the second and third, that of G. Valck (in the third the plates are numbered); the fourth, that of P. or L. Schenck. See: Timmers.
Subject Terms:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711. | Engravings, Dutch -- Early works to 1800. | Engraving -- 17th century -- Netherlands. | Throckmorton, Robert -- Bookplate.