muys robbert (2 Ergebnisse)

Robbert Muys (illustrator). 'DE KLOOSTERKAMER. / MELANIE, OF DE RAMPZALIGE KLOOSTERDWANG. 3E BEDR. 9E TOON.'Interior of a convent room where two women support the distressed young woman Melanie. Behind them stand several nuns and a grieving man; two men are positioned to the left. Through an arched opening in the background a chapel interior is visible. The scene represents a dramatic moment from the tragedy Melanie, or the Fatal Conventual Coercion.Made by Robbert Muys after own design.Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 26.1 x 19.6 cm (10.28 x 7.72 inch). Image size: 26.1 x 19.6 cm. (10.28 x 7.72 inch).THEATRE, STAGE SCENE, CONVENT INTERIOR, MONASTERY, TRAGEDY, LA HARPE, 18TH CENTURY PRINT, DUTCH THEATRE | PCO-B9-28BACKGROUND INFORMATIONScene from Jean-François de La Harpe, Melanie, or the Fatal Conventual Coercion, tragedy published in Leiden by G. v. Hoogereen Junior and B. Onnekink, 1770.Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-1911-290.Biography engraver: Robbert Muys / Muis (1742-1825) was a Dutch engraver and printmaker active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He produced theatrical and genre scenes, portraits, and reproductive prints, often connected to contemporary stage performances. Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Frontispiece for the theatrical piece: Adelaert of de zegepralende deug.At center, the vignette represents Apollo and the muses in the background. In the foreground, an altar with allegorical elements.Titled: ADELAERT OF DE ZEGEPRALENDE DEUGD; TONEELSPEL.With the address of the publisher and the date below: Te Rotterdam, by Ary Vis, op den Visschersdyck, 1776. Hand written signature on the verso.Bookillustration -boekillustratie - frontispiece - frontispice Engraving and letterpress on paper; total: 145 x 89 mm; mounted on a thick sheet of paper, a damp stain on the bottom right corner, some smudges, otherwise in good condition.