Title page of Oorspronkelyk en vermaard konstryk tekenboek, Frederick Bloemaert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1650 - 1656

Title page of Oorspronkelyk en vermaard konstryk tekenboek, Frederick Bloemaert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1650 - 1656

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The role played by sculptural models in drawing instruction is explicitly conveyed on the title page of Abraham Bloemaert’s ‘konstryk tekenboek’ (artful drawing book), a manual for aspiring artists. Surrounded by casts of sculptures, a young artist is busy copying a sculpture of an old man reclining. Hanging on the wall are plaster models of larger than life-size body parts. Frederik Bloemaert made this title page for his father’s book.

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