Girard Thibault
(Antwerp 1574-1629) Academie de l'Espée – fencing school, bundle of four copperplates with various fencing scenes in a columned hall, hand coloured, engraved by Pieter van Serwouters, Antwerp 1628, each 48,5 x 69,2 cm, mount, framed, (4), (Sch)
The "Academie de l'Espée", published in Antwerp in 1628 by Girard Thibault, is a richly illustrated fencing manual which is the most comprehensive work of its type. The preparation of the copperplates took several years and was carried out by 16 engravers. Thibault‘s fencing school was based on the techniques of the Spanish school "La Verdadera Destrezza", whence he developed complex geometrical figures such as the "Cercle mysterieux".
Provenance: from a comital estate
Esperta: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
10.09.2015 - 17:00
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Girard Thibault
(Antwerp 1574-1629) Academie de l'Espée – fencing school, bundle of four copperplates with various fencing scenes in a columned hall, hand coloured, engraved by Pieter van Serwouters, Antwerp 1628, each 48,5 x 69,2 cm, mount, framed, (4), (Sch)
The "Academie de l'Espée", published in Antwerp in 1628 by Girard Thibault, is a richly illustrated fencing manual which is the most comprehensive work of its type. The preparation of the copperplates took several years and was carried out by 16 engravers. Thibault‘s fencing school was based on the techniques of the Spanish school "La Verdadera Destrezza", whence he developed complex geometrical figures such as the "Cercle mysterieux".
Provenance: from a comital estate
Esperta: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 10.09.2015 - 17:00 |
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| Esposizione: | 04.09. - 10.09.2015 |