Thursday, September 29, 2016

Hieronymus Cock of Antwerp and Jan Punt of Amsterdam

printed and published by Hieronymus Cock
from a design attributed to Frans Huys
after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Dutch Hulk
ca. 1565
engraving
British Museum

printed and published by Hieronymus Cock
after a painting by Giorgio Vasari
Six modern Italian authors
Cavalcanti, Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, Poliziano, Ficino
ca. 1548-70
engraving
British Museum

published by Hieronymus Cock
engraved by Pieter van der Heyden
based on a fresco by Andrea del Sarto
Zachariah and the Archangel Gabriel
1551
engraving
British Museum

published by Hieronymus Cock
engraved by Cornelis Cort
after a design by Frans Floris
The Virtues - Intelligentia
1560
engraving
British Museum

published by Hieronymus Cock
engraved by Cornelis Cort
after a design by Frans Floris
The Virtues - Memoria
1560
engraving
British Museum

published by Hieronymus Cock
engraved by Cornelis Cort
after a design by Frans Floris
The Virtues - Perseverantia
1560
engraving
British Museum

published by Hieronymus Cock
engraved by Pieter van der Heyden
after Raphael
Sacrifice of Isaac
1552
engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed and published by Jan Punt
after George van der Mijn
Handbill for child dancers Carolina and Charlotta
1759
etching
British Museum

published by Johannes Smit
etched by Jan Punt
after Paulus van Liender
Scene from The Rough Neighborhood at the Amsterdam Theater
ca. 1738
etching
British Museum

printed and published by Jan Punt
after Blaise Nicolas Lesueur
after Titian
Danaë and the shower of gold
ca. 1747-60
etching, engraving
British Museum

Jan Punt
Crowned Coat-of-Arms of the Landgrave of Thuringia
1742
engraving
British Museum

Jan Punt
Cartouche with Bust of Minerva
1740
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

Jan Punt
Vignette 
Interior with naked figures seated on chairs
1749
engraving
British Museum

André Chastel explains the point of view reflected from afar in Jan Punt's odd little engraving above  "For half a century, French taste went once again to extremes of pleasant frivolity, as though taking a break between periods of severe intellectualism; it was an era of gracefulness between the era of grandeur and that of eloquence."  

Jan Punt
Man opening the door to Death
1758
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum