Home > Abraham Blooteling > Jan Johnson Old Master Modern Prints > St. Paul as an old Man
St. Paul as an old Man by Abraham Blooteling

St. Paul as an old Man by Abraham Blooteling

Jan Johnson Old Master Modern Prints

Mezzotint

1680

Edition Size: Unknown

Image Size: 35 x 27 cm

Sheet Size: 37 x 29 cm

Reference: New Hollstein 611, second state with the letters “et Ex” erased

Signed In Plate

Condition: Pristine

Details — Click to read

After Anthonie van Dyck. Blooteling was a Dutch etcher, engraver, and a practioner of the mezzotint technique as early as 1671. A trip to England in the following few years probably contributed to the spread of the technique there; he is often credited with the invention of the mezzotint rocker. His experimental leanings also led to his applying coloured inks to intaglio.

A mezzotint of St. Peter by Blooteling after Moreelse in roughly the same size can be considered a companion piece, but if a series of apostles was intended it was never completed. The vivid depiction of emotion in the portrayal of a saint is outside the usual canon, though Van Dyck’s various busts of apostles share a certain intensity. Executed in the stark contrasts of mezzotint, Blooteling’s anxious St. Paul creates a particularly striking effect.

 

Price on Application

The Artist

Abraham Blooteling

(1634-90) Blooteling was a Dutch etcher, engraver, and an early practioner of the mezzotint technique

Read more

More prints at Jan Johnson Old Master Modern Prints

View Gallery

Recently viewed artworks