Cornelis Bos (1515-1556)
Cornelis Bos (1515-1556) - The entombment / Description: The entombment; within a ruined building with large arches Christ's body is transported on a shroud carried by three men; Mary Magdalene holds Christ's arm and hand; to the left a distraught Mary sits against a wall; after Frans Floris. 1554. Engraving made by: Cornelis Bos. Above in two lines "Autorem vitæ ... feres". Below "Franciscus Floris inventor / Cornelius Bus fecit anno / 1554".
/ Dimensions: 38,60 x 28,90 cm Good strong impressions on watermarked laid paper in good condition. Trimmed on plate border. The image is complete and several mm larger than the one in the British Museum. No folds or tears, one faded stain on the signature of Franciscus Floris. Very good condition for a print as large as this. / Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (44) --- Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (34) --- Schéle 1965 / Cornelis Bos: A study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque (31) --- Wouk, Frans Floris / Frans Floris (1519/20-1570): Imagining a Northern Renaissance. (44) --- See C.van de Velde, 'Frans Floris (1519/20-1570): leven en werken', Brussels, 1975, p. 402, no. 35.
