Auction 157

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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie

Friday, 24 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1- 1105
Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1106-2003

Lot 1799 Frederik de Wit. Die 4 Elemente. Luft - Erde - …

Die 4 Elemente. Luft - Erde - Wasser - Feuer. Sammlung von 4 orig. Kupferstichen. Amsterdam, um 1650. Plattenmaß je ca. 18,5 x 13 cm. Sichtmaß je ca. 20 x 15 cm. 1 Bl. (Terra) mit gestoch. Angaben zu Künstler und Stecher. Unter Passepartout montiert sowie unter Glas gerahmt im Weißgold Modellrahmen gerahmt (ungeöffnet).

Dekorative Graphik - Ansichten – Für die Motive vgl. Hollstein V.105.14-17. - Gestochen von Frederik de Wit nach Abraham van Diepenbeeck. - Frederik de Wit war ein erfolgreicher niederländischer Kartenverleger des 17. Jahrhunderts, der durch die Produktion auch für die breite Masse erschwinglicher Atlanten bekannt wurde. Die Motive entstanden nach Abraham van Diepenbeeck einem vielseitigen Künstler des Barock, welcher als Maler, Glasgestalter und Druckgrafiker eng mit Rubens zusammenarbeitete und vor allem in Antwerpen wirkte. - Seit der Antike diente die Vier-Elemente-Lehre mit den Grundsubstanzen Feuer, Wasser, Erde und Luft in verschiedenen Disziplinen als Erklärungsmodell für den Aufbau der Welt, bevor sie im Zuge der Aufklärung durch das moderne naturwissenschaftliche Elementverständnis ersetzt wurde, das Elemente als chemisch unteilbare Stoffe definiert und im Periodensystem systematisiert.

Prints and Engravings - Views – The 4 elements. Air - Earth - Water - Fire. Collection of 4 original copperplate engravings. 1 sheet (Terra) with engraved details on the artist and engraver. Mounted under mat and high quality framed under glass (unopened). - Engraved by Frederik de Wit after Abraham van Diepenbeeck. - Frederik de Wit was a successful Dutch map publisher in the 17th century who became known for producing atlases that were affordable for the general public. The motifs were based on the work of Abraham van Diepenbeeck, a versatile Baroque artist who worked closely with Rubens as a painter and printer, and was primarily active in Antwerp. - Since ancient times, the four-element theory with the basic substances fire, water, earth, and air served as an explanatory model for the structure of the world in various disciplines before it was replaced by the modern scientific understanding of elements, which defines elements as chemically indivisible substances and systematizes them in the periodic table.

Startprice: 1000 €
Estimate: 1500 €

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