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A painter and author of emblem books, Otto van Veen, also known as Vaenius, connected Netherlandish humanist culture with Italian art. Born in Leiden, he travelled to Italy and worked with Federico Zuccari in Rome. Later established in Antwerp, he received princely and religious commissions and numbered Peter Paul Rubens among his pupils. His painted work includes portraits and compositions intended for churches.
The Amorum emblemata, published in 1608, reveal another aspect of his practice. Images designed by Van Veen and engraved by Cornelis Boel accompany mottoes and poems concerning love. Different editions combine different languages; the copy held by the Metropolitan Museum brings together Latin, English and Italian. This exchange between writing and engraving places his work within the learned culture of the illustrated book.
This profile brings together identity references for Otto van Veen and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Piguet
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Oil on wood
Kreuzigungsszene
Öl auf Holz
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2019-03-20
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 2843 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Entourage de Otto van Veen — La reine des Amazones, Thalestris, devant Alexandre le Grand,
huile sur toile
entourage de
Catalogue period : 2014-06-18
Circle of
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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