[Mezzotints]

Schenk, Peter, 1661-1711 · 1650 · [Amsterdam] : P. Schenk · 24 pictures

A set of mezzotint plates published by Peter Schenk in Amsterdam, a print-maker and publisher active around 1700, after paintings by Reni, Raphael, Le Brun, Van Dyck and Rubens, though the date of 1650 on the record is earlier than the engraver's working life. The plates reproduce religious and allegorical subjects for art collectors and students copying old masters. Each plate is a dark, velvety black-and-grey tonal image with soft modelled light on faces, drapery and landscape, and a designer might take its chiaroscuro lighting, drapery folds and halo and skull props as reference for dramatic monochrome work.

Schenk, Peter, 1661-1711 · Reni, Guido, 1575-1642 · Raphael, 1483-1520 · Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690 · Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641 · Vanni, Francesco, 1563-1610 · Dieu, Antoine, 1662-1727 · Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553 · Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640

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