Rijksmuseum
Title page of Oorspronkelyk en vermaard konstryk tekenboek
Unknown artist
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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