Description

This elaborate miniature etching in Manieristic style  represents Nympe and Satyr kissing under a tree, with two putti in the background. The sign around the middle image sais: Ut Hora Sic Dies Nostri Super Terram (As the hours, flee our days on this earth). The etching comes from the series “Konstbuechlein den Goldschmieden dienstlich” and served as a draft for a decoration of smaller oval gold-carved object, probably a sun dial, since the sign on it was commonly used for decoration of objects connected with time.

Abraham Hecken (also Hecke, Heckius and Heeck) was a goldsmith and engraver in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 17th century. Thieme and Becker quote only one one leaf print and two series of 12 sheets by the artist. This print comes from a series “Konstbuechlein den Goldschmieden dienstlich” and served as a draft for a decoration of smaller oval gold-carved object.

References: Thieme / Becker 16, 209; Hollstein VIII, 226; Fuhring, Ornament Prints in the Rijksmuseum II, the seventeenth century, Nos. 1272-1275. See alss: http://www.bildindex.de/obj14096003.html

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Darstellung aus dem seltenen Folge von 12 Blättern “Konstbuechlein den Goldschmieden dienstlich”. Hecken (auch Hecke, Heckius, Heeck) war Goldschmied und Kupferstecher in Amsterdam. Thieme / Becker zitieren nur eine einzelne Graphik und zwei Serien mit 12 Blättern von dem Künstler. Bis zum Darstellung und Text beschnitten. Darstellung oben aufgezogen, verso Sammlerstempel. Kaum gebräunt und fleckig.

Thieme / Becker 16, 209; Hollstein VIII, 226; Fuhring, Ornament Prints in the Rijksmuseum II, the seventeenth century, Nos. 1272…1275.