Frontispiece Design for a Book of Love Poems

Jan Goeree, c. 1700

Thanks to the tablet, held up by two women in the middle, we know that this title page must have been intended for a book of love poems by the Roman writers Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius. Jan Goeree enjoyed working with classical motifs. Illustrations of a Faun (right foreground) and Bacchus (statue, upper middle) were right up his alley. He depicted the numerous figures in a beautiful, not unduly symmetrical arrangement.

  • Artwork typedrawing, titelpagina, design
  • Object numberRP-T-1903-A-4809
  • Dimensionsheight 237 mm x width 195 mm
  • Physical characteristicspenseel in grijsbruin, pen in zwart; ondertekening in rood krijt

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Frontispiece Design for a Book of Love Poems

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1903-A-4809

  • Description

    In het midden houden twee vrouwen een tablet vast met daarop de namen Catullus Tibullus et Propertius.


Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Jan Goeree
    • draftsman (artist): Gerard de Lairesse [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    c. 1700

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    penseel in grijsbruin, pen in zwart; ondertekening in rood krijt

  • Dimensions

    height 237 mm x width 195 mm


Explanatory note

  • Ontwerp voor de titelpagina van een uitgave van de oeuvres van de dichters Catullus, Tibullus en Propertius.


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