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Emblems of Love (Amorum Emblemata)

1608·Book with engravings and letterpress in black on cream laid paper·16.3 × 20.1 × 2.2 cm (6 7/16 × 7 15/16 × 7/8 in.)

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Catalogue

Year: 1608
Medium: Book with engravings and letterpress in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 16.3 × 20.1 × 2.2 cm (6 7/16 × 7 15/16 × 7/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Otto van Veen

Artist

Otto van Veen

Painting

Otto van Veen, was a painter, draughtsman, and humanist active primarily in Antwerp and Brussels in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He is known for his paintings of religious and mythological scenes, allegories and portraits, which he produced in his large workshop in Antwerp. He further designed several emblem books, and was from 1594 or 1595 to 1598 the teacher of Rubens. His role as a classically educated humanist artist, was influential on the young Rubens, who would take on that role himself. He was court painter of successive governors of the Habsburg Netherlands, including the Archdukes Albert and Isabella.

Leiden, Netherlands

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