Davide e Gionatan

Bulino, circa 1614, nell’immagine, ' in basso a destra: ' Jacobus Saverius invent /ICVisscher excudebat. ' Nel margine inferiore: FRATERNO IONATHAN COMPLEXUS AMORE DAVIDEM DE PATRIS INSIDIIS ERUDITE ATQUE MINIS. La storia di Davide e Gionatan si svolge principalmente tra i capitoli 18 e 20 del primo libro di Samuele Da un soggetto di Iacob Savery I, edito da Claes Visscher. Magnifica prova, finemente acquerellata da mano contemporanea, impressa su carta vergata coeva, con margini, consueta traccia di piega verticale centrale, un piccolo foro sulla sinistra, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione. L’eccelsa qualità della coloritura a mano distingue e impreziosisce questo esemplare dalle prove in bianco e nero. Engraving, circa 1614, lower right in the image, in a cartouche: ' Jacobus Saverius invent/IC (entwined) Visscher excudebat. In the lower margin, beneath the image: FRATERNO IONATHAN COMPLEXUS AMORE DAVIDEM DE PATRIS INSIDIIS ERUDITE ATQUE MINIS. After a subject by Iacob Savery I. Claes Visscher as publisher. ' With a medieval town in the background, David prays on his knees, as Jonathan stands beside him; in the middle distance Jonathan can be seen shooting an arrow, an arranged signal with David who hides in a cave. ' The ' story ' of ' David and Jonathan ' is ' recounted in 1 Samuel (18-20). Magnificent proof, splendid contemporary hand-colouring, printed on contemporary laid paper, watermark "coat of arms with fleur-de-lis", with margins, usual trace of central vertical fold, a small hole on the left, otherwise in very good condition. The excellent quality of the colouring significantly distinguishes and enhances these examples from those in black and white. Cfr.