Theatre of Nature
Date
1719
Creator
Jan van Vianen (1660 - 1726, Dutch) , Draughtsman
After
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645 - 1708, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
RCNR65067
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 247mm
width (print): 205mm
width (print): 205mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view of the wonders of nature theatre of Levinus Vincent, including foregrounded allegorical figures. The study shows the presses and specimen jars of this cabinet of curiosities (or wunderkammer) within a domed room. Above, an inset bust inscribed, ‘Antonio Breeda’.
Frontispiece plate from the book Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum, atque nonnullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio Levini Vincent, by Levinus Vincent (Haarlem, 1719).
Inscribed within the design: ‘THEATRUM NATURA MIRANDUM. FACILE HUC ME NEMO SEQUETUR. LUMINE DUX ALIIS.’ Inscribed below: 'R. d. Hoge Inv: J. v. Viane Fecit.’
Accompanying text in Latin and French states that: ‘The first plate at the head of this work, the invention of Mr. R. de Hoge, represents the Theatre of the Wonders of Nature, in the order of cabinets and cupboards when the abbreviated Dutch description was first brought to light…’
Levinus (or Levin) Vincent (1658-1727) Dutch merchant and collector.
Frontispiece plate from the book Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum, atque nonnullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio Levini Vincent, by Levinus Vincent (Haarlem, 1719).
Inscribed within the design: ‘THEATRUM NATURA MIRANDUM. FACILE HUC ME NEMO SEQUETUR. LUMINE DUX ALIIS.’ Inscribed below: 'R. d. Hoge Inv: J. v. Viane Fecit.’
Accompanying text in Latin and French states that: ‘The first plate at the head of this work, the invention of Mr. R. de Hoge, represents the Theatre of the Wonders of Nature, in the order of cabinets and cupboards when the abbreviated Dutch description was first brought to light…’
Levinus (or Levin) Vincent (1658-1727) Dutch merchant and collector.
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