Vanitas Still Life

Details

PIETER SCHENCK (1660-1718 / 19)
Vanitas Still Life
mezzotint with touches of burin
circa 1688
on laid paper, watermark Letters CDO (not in Heawood)
a very fine, luminous impression of this rare print
third, final state
printing richly yet softly, with intense contrasts and a light plate tone
small margins
a short repaired tear at right
generally in very good condition
Plate 246 x 180 mm.
Sheet 251 x 185 mm.

来源

Friedrich Quiring (b. 1886), Eberswalde, Berlin (Lugt 1041c).
A stocknumber K08528 in pencil verso (possibly Kennedy Galleries, New York).
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.

Literature

Hollstein 471

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拍品专文

In this exquisite still life Pieter Schenk made great use of the then still new mezzotint technique, which allowed for the finest transitions between light and darkness and all the tonal gradations in between, which were hitherto nearly impossible to convey in the print medium. His depiction of the glistening, reflective soap bubbles floating in the air against the black background is particularly delightful.

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