‎PLANTIN PRESS - [ ] BUSCHMANN Printing House - August BEERNAERT - Sir Anthony van DYCK :‎
‎Unique poster, printed on vellum in 1899, on the occasion of the festivities and an exhibition to commemorate the 300th birth anniversary of the Antwerp painter Antoon van Dijck.‎

‎ Antwerpen, Plantin Press, October 1899, poster size 55 x 40 cm, printed in red and black with types and vignets of the Plantin-Moretus Museum. The document has a typographical border, printed in gilt, with floral motifs. The style of this border points to the Antwerp printer and publisher Buschmann. The poster (document) is printed as a gift of the organizing committee to August Beernaert to thank him for his support for the festivities. It bears the holograph signatures of Max Rooses (curator of the Plantin-Moretus Museum), Jan van Rijswijck (mayor of Antwerp) and Georges Caroly (art maecenas). August Beernaert (Oostende 1829 - Luzern 1912) was a Belgian catholic statesman . He was Belgium's prime minister from 1884 until 1894. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1909. He was an ardent art collector. The Plantin-Moretus museum opened in 1877. The first curator Max Rooses made frequently use of the typographical material of the former printing house to publish e.g suites of 16th or 17th engravings. Some of the items were of an ephemerical nature such as this unique poster printed on vellum.‎

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