{"product_id":"set-of-4-18th-c-marriage-engraving-by-bernard-picart-1673-1733","title":"Set of 4 18th C Marriage Engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733)","description":"\u003ctable xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol width=\"367\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1724 Engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733) - one of the mosgt prominent French engravers of the 18th century\u003cbr\u003e\"Ne Timeas, Et Casta Thorus, Tua Numina Servat\" - Fear not, your chaste marriage bed is protected by your divine guardians\u003cbr\u003eCoat of arms in the center is quartered, showing lion on one side, and three hounds on the other\u003cbr\u003eWedding plate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the Amsterdam wedding of Jacob Dircksz van Lennep and Susanna Catharina de Wolff\u003cbr\u003eMultiple museum\/catalog records match\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNova Gaudia Surgunt Engraving 1715\u003cbr\u003e\"New Joys Arise\"\u003cbr\u003eImagery here also centers aroudn a wedding feast or betrothal celebration\u003cbr\u003eEngraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733) - another one of the marriage plates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarks the silver (25 year) wedding anniversary of Jan van Vollenhove and Maria Palm\u003cbr\u003eMore rare in his body of work since its not marriage by anniversary\u003cbr\u003eCouple is seated under a canopy with Hymen holding a torch - traditional symbols of marriage\u003cbr\u003ePalm trees - nod to the last name\u003cbr\u003eMoose and exotic figures - reference to the couple's overseas trade\u003cbr\u003eNereid, Triton, Fortuna - tied to prosperity and adventury\u003cbr\u003eFine Arts Museums of San Francisco lists this work\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1718 Engraving by Bernand Picart (1673-1733) - one of the most prominent French engravers of the 18th century\u003cbr\u003eAnother marriage epithalamium plate\u003cbr\u003e\"Nil Flammes Pulchrius Istes\" - Nothing is more beautiful than these flames, a poetic metaphor for the flames of love\/marriage\u003cbr\u003eB. Picart Invenit (Designed by Bernard Picart) and a. Schley (engraved by Jakob van Schley, 1718)\u003cbr\u003eAlmost certainly produced for a specific high societry Dutch marriage in 1718 - the shield identify the families\u003cbr\u003eJakob van Schley (1715-1779) was a Dutch engraver known for his book illustrations; here, he's the plate engraver after Picart's design\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade for the wedding of Arent (Arendt) Bosch and Eltte Thesingh, married in Amsterdam on 3 April 1718\u003cbr\u003eRijksmuseum holds this exact print \u003cbr\u003eOne of Picart's 12 documented Epithalames (wedding prints), commissioned by wealthy Amsterdam Mennonite merchant families\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1721 Engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733) - one of the most prominent French engravers of the early 18th Century, known for his finely detailed illustrations, alleogrial scenes, and book frontispieces\u003cbr\u003eLower left read B Picart invenit et fecit 1721 (B Picart designed and made 1721)\u003cbr\u003e\"Soli Tibi Pronuba Juno\" - To you alone, Juno as the matron of honor - an allegory referencing Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage\u003cbr\u003eRichly detailed wedding allegory - cherubs, garlands, architectural garden setting, coats of arms, classical figures, and a marriage ceremony at the center\u003cbr\u003eCommemoraitve plate for a wedding or noble alliance, given the coat of arms and inscription\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epithalamium (marriage) print made for the Amsterdam wedding of Adriaen Maten and Maria van Vollenhoven on 6 May 1721. 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