332 - Theodor van Kessel, Jan van Hecke – Alcune Animali (Six Etchings, Including the Title Plate)

Theodor van Kessel, Jan van Hecke – Alcune Animali (Six Etchings, Including the Title Plate) Description: A group of six etchings, comprising the title plate and five animal studies from the series Alcune Animali, etched by Theodorus van Kessel after designs by the Flemish painter and draughtsman Jan van den Hecke I. The title plate depicts a donkey and sheep beside a monumental stone bearing the title and the names of the artists, dated 1654. The remaining plates represent various animals, including donkeys, goats, dogs and a horse, in naturalistic landscape settings. Published by Gideon Quineau in Antwerp in 1654. The complete series consists of ten etchings. Fine examples of seventeenth-century Flemish animal printmaking. Dimensions: 7,50 x 10,50 cm Condition: Good impressions with full plate border and margins on watermarked laid paper. In excellent condition. Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (58-67) (two etchings from the series) Medium: Etching Date: 1652