Three Revelers (plate 4)
Artist
Jacques de Gheyn II
(Dutch, 1565–1629)
Date1595-1596
Mediumengraving on cream laid paper
Dimensionssheet: 23 x 17.3 cm (9 1/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number1988.160
Descriptiontrimmed within platemarkLabel TextThe son of an Antwerp glass painter, De Gheyn joined Goltzius’s shop in 1585. At first he engraved miniature portraits in a fine manner. Gradually he mastered the swelling-line technique, and used it selectively for the next decade. In the mid-1590s De Gheyn moved to Leiden and found commissions from wealthy patrons, including Maurits of Nassau, Prince of Orange. A series on the martial arts, and this suite of costume designs, are among his most influential prints of this period. His fanciful outfits combine Dutch kermis outfits with those of the Commedia dell’ arte.
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