Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc. – Vintage Print
![Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc., [between 1630 and 1660] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ed/edd5224c6549-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc., preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc.
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The title, *Presens Rustiques*, is French for "rustic gifts," and the print is credited to an engraver named Marcus, whose "sc." (short for *sculpsit*, "he engraved it") marks him as the cutter of the plate. Engravings of this kind were produced in quantity in the mid-seventeenth century, when printmakers across Europe found steady buyers for images of rural labor, festivity, and village customs. Prints from these decades are often valued for showing how ordinary country people dressed, worked, and spent their time, and they are worth studying closely for those details.
| Created / published | [between 1630 and 1660] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1630-1660. |
| Notes | Bradley Collection. |
| Subjects | Country life--1630-1660. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,183 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167299 |
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