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JAN VAN DER VELDE II
1593 Delft - 1641 Enkhuizen
After Willem Buytewech |
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The quack
c. 1603-1652 |
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Etching and engraving.
Signed lower right: “I.v.Velde. fe. / WB Inve.” and “CJVisscher excu.”
Latin and Dutch inscription in margin: “Populus vult decipi. T'volck wil bedroghen zyn”.
25.5 x 23.4 cm.
With small margin all round.
Watermark: Fools cap. |
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Provenance: Cabinet des Estampes du Musée Grand-Ducal, Schwerin, Mecklembourg (L.2273).
Literature: Hollstein Dutch IV, after Buytewech, 28 (II/II); Franken&van der Kellen 94., Hollstein (Van de Velde) 136. 2(II), De Jongh, E., Luijten, G., Spiegel van alledag. Nederlandse genreprenten 1550-1700. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 1997,
p. 222 |
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A typically Dutch seventeenth-century genre scene. The well-fed quack casts a rather complacent glance at the beholder, as he has successfully fools his clients and bystanders with some new, obscure cure.
A rare engraving, a good quality impression on seventeenth-century paper, with ample margins. |
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