1650

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Illustrator: Leonaert (Leonard) Bramer (1596-1674)
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Year: 1650
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Comments:

Original in the Library of Leiden University. Shelfmark PK 3605 034.

Ad Stijnman adds: ‘Two plate printers at work in an intaglio printshop, no. 27 in a series of 66 (nos. 1–15[a], 15[b]–65) drawings, created by Leonard (Lenart, Leonaert) Bramer (1595–1674) between c.1650–1660; Printroom of the university of Leiden.’ In unpublished notes, Ad Stijnman describes: ‘De voorstelling is expressief getekent en doet realistisch aan, maar is zeker niet naar het leven getekent. Bramer moet op basis van wat hij ooit eens gezien heeft deze voorstelling gemaakt hebben. De bedoeling is een plaatdrukkerij in werking te laten zien, maar de door hem getekende constructies zouden ogenblikkelijk in elkaar storten als ze zouden worden gereconstrueerd.’. [Roughly translated: ‘The depiction is expressively drawn and appears realistic, but is certainly not drawn from life. Bramer must have made this depiction based on what he once saw. The intention is to show a printing press in action, but the structures he drew would instantly collapse if reconstructed.’]

Technique:

Engraving.

Publications:

Barnes, Donna R. (curator) (1991) Street scenes: Leonard Bramer’s drawings of 17th-century Duch daily life, Catalog essays by Donna R. Barnes and Jane ten Brink Goldsmith. exhibition catalogue, April 9 – May 17, 1991, Hempstead, NY: Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, page 40, no. 27.