Marcus De Bye & Paulus Potter

Lion (Frontis-Piece: Plate One)

Marcus De Bye's original etching, "Lion" (Frontis-Piece: Plate One) was created by the 17th century artist, based upon a design by Paulus Potter. This etching hails from a set of eight plates depicting both lions and wolves and was initially published around 1660. It bears Petrus Schenk's name and thus, this impression of "Lion", (Frontis-Piece: Plate One) is from the third state printed from the original plate around 1730. It is a beautifully rendered study from Holland's golden age of art and a fine, original example of the seventeenth century animal art of Paulus Potter and Marcus De Bye (Marcus De Bie). Note: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco includes an impression of this original etching in its collection.

Original Etching by the Dutch artist, Marcus de Bye (Marcus de Bie) designed by Paulus Potter.

Lion Frontis Piece Original Etching by the Dutch artists Marcus De Bye and Paulus Potter

Lion (Frontis-Piece: Plate One)

View other original etchings by Marcus de Bye designed by Paulus Potter.

Marcus de Bye (The Hague, Holland, 1612 - 1670) & Paulus Potter (1625-1654)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Lion (Frontis-Piece: Plate One) by Marcus De Bye after Paulus Potter	Original Etching	c. 1660 (Petrus Schenk Edition: c. 1730)	Adam Bartsch, Catalogue #33, Third and Final State.	Matted
02.-		Lion (Plate Two) by Marcus De Bye after Paulus Potter	Original Etching	c. 1660 (Petrus Schenk Edition: c. 1730)	Adam Bartsch, Catalogue #34, Third and Final State.	Framed
03.-		Wolf (Plate Three) by Marcus De Bye after Paulus Potter	Original Etching	c. 1660 (Petrus Schenk Edition: c. 1730)	Adam Bartsch, Catalogue #35, Third and Final State.	Matted
04.-		Wolf (Plate Four) by Marcus De Bye after Paulus Potter	Original Etching	c. 1660 (Petrus Schenk Edition: c. 1730)	Adam Bartsch, Catalogue #36, Third and Final State.	Matted

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Title:	Lion (Frontis-Piece: Plate One)
Engraver:	De Bye, Marcus (The Hague, Holland, 1612 - 1670)
Designer:	Potter, Paulus (1625-1654)
Date:	c. 1660 (Petrus Schenk Edition: c. 1730)
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	Marcus De Bye or (Marcus De Bie): A seventeenth century Dutch etcher and painter of animals, Marcus De Bye studied art in The Hague under Jacob van der Does. He began his career by etching both landscapes and animal depictions after his teacher but throughout most of his career he dedicated himself to animal studies after the designs of Markus Gerard and, most particularly, Paulus Potter. The artist is also listed as (Marcus De Bie).
	Paulus Potter (1625-1654) is in many eyes Holland's most heralded animal artist. His art is all the more remarkable considering that he died at the age of twenty-nine and thus his oeuvre is small in number. Both a painter and printmaker he created only eighteen etchings. Shortly after Potter's death, Marcus De Bye began etching sets of animal studies after this master's drawings. The first set was published around 1657 and at least five others followed based solely upon Potter's designs. The sizes for the series ranged from eight to sixteen plates.
	This original etching hails from a set of eight plates depicting both lions and wolves and was initially published around 1660. Like all of Marcus de Bye's etched art after Paulus Potter it is a beautifully rendered study from Holland's golden age of art.
	The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco houses a large collection of prints by Marcus de Bye (including an impression of this original etching) and illustrates them on its image base.
	The publishing history for Marcus de Bye's etchings after Paulus Potter is well documented. Rare first state impressions lack the address of N. Visscher on the frontis-piece plate and were printed in only a handful of impressions. In the second state impressions Nicolaas Visscher's name appears. This major publisher printed editions of De Bye's sets from approximately 1660 to 1700. In 1726 Petrus Schenk acquired the plates and printed sets bearing his name along the lower margins of the frontis piece etchings. This constitutes the third and final state. Lion, the frontis-piece etching, bears Schenk's name and is thus from the third state.
	Because these plates were very popular later impressions exist. One can, however, determine an earlier impression both by the paper and by the clarity of the etched line. In the case of this original etching it is printed in fine laid paper bearing the watermark of the foolscap with five bells. This hand-made paper was used in both Holland and Flanders during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In this impression one can also see very little deterioration in the etched lines and therefore it was printed from the original plate around 1730.
Raisonne:	Adam Bartsch, Le Peintre-Graveur, Vienna, 1803-1821 (reprinted, 1920).
	Catalogue #33, Third and Final State.
Size:	5 1/4 X 6 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted With 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $395.00 US
Condition:	Printed on fine laid paper with small margins extending about 1/4 of an inch past the border on all sides. A finely printed impression showing little plate wear and in very good condition throughout. Lion (Frontis-Piece, Plate One) represents a superb, original example of the seventeenth century animal art of Paulus Potter and Marcus De Bye.
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