Leonard Schenk / Jacques Callot (1592 – 1635) - 16 etched copper engravings Leonard Schenk after Jacques Callot (1592 – 1635) - 1710-1746

Leonard Schenk / Jacques Callot (1592 – 1635)

- 16 etched copper engravings by Leonard Schenk after Jacques Callot (1592 – 1635)

ca. 1710-1746

The sad miseries of the War. Very accurately and skillfully depicted.

18 etchings (including titles) by Leonard Schenk after Jacques Callot. No place or date. (Amsterdam, circa 1710-1746). Mounted in a period album. Landscape format, 4°. Etchings approximately 8.4 x 18.7 cm. Album leaves approximately 17.4 x 26 cm.

Marbled half morocco with a gold-embossed spine title and a gold-embossed cover plate (worn and bumped, edges partially scuffed).

France historical sciences – Meaume 564-81.

- Late edition of the series first published in 1633 and one of Callot's most famous episodes, the so-called 'great' war cruelties with all kinds of gruesome execution scenes. All plates are numbered, with the engraved verses by Abbé de Marolles at the bottom margin, as well as the engraver's name, Israels Henriet, on the plate.

All boards cut up to the frame line.

- With a handwritten ownership note dated 1825 by Mary Mainwaring (1800-1867, miniature painter).
Although few details about her are known, miniature painter Mary Mainwaring was the daughter of a London clergyman, later married into nobility, and died at the age of 67.

Album pages partly browned and spotted, etchings partly lightly browned or foxed, overall beautiful and clear prints.

Jacques Callot (c. 1592 – 1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine. He is an important figure in the development of the old master print. He created more than 1,400 etchings that documented the life of his time, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunks, Romani, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints included extensive landscapes in their backgrounds.

History – Later, Dutch issue of this series of 18 etched plates, illustrating the disasters of war. Mounted in a contemporary album. Marbled half morocco with gilt stamped title to spine and gilt stamped label to cover (rubbed and bumped, edges partially chafed). - All plates numbered, with the engraved verses of Abbé de Marolles in the lower margin, and with the engraver's name, Israels Henriet, in the plate. - All plates trimmed. - Ownership entry (dated 1825) by Mary Mainwaring (1800-1867 Miniature painter). - Leaves partially browned due to paper and brownstained, etchings partially slightly brownstained or slightly foxed, overall well-preserved prints.

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