1666 Conrad Meyer, Broadside, A mirror to childhood, inspirational, rare juvenilia

Kinderspiegel, worin Segen und Fluch zuersehen

Meyer, Conrad

Etching: 23.8 x 165 cm

[Neujahrsblatt / hrsg. von der Stadtbibliothek in Zürich]; 1666

Rare Juvenilia.

A mirror to childhood (curses and blessings). Text by Th. Simler.

The left picture shows Isaac giving Jacob the blessing, the right picture shows the murder of Absalom.

Conrad Meyer (1618 Zürich – 1689 Zürich) was a painter, engraver, and medallist of Zürich.

He was a student of Matthäus Merian. He was successful as a painter of portrait and landscapes, but later specialized on copper engraving, producing more than a thousand works. He also produced the map of Switzerland by Conrad Gyger (1657) and a Planisphaerium Coeleste (1681).

His son Johannes Meyer (1655–1712) was also a painter and engraver.

Extremely rare.