Mars

Matthys Pool was a Dutch draftsman and printmaker. He published the ‘Beeld-snyders Kunst-kabinet’ in 1727 in Amsterdam. This work, an early example of an art book in several languages, is devoted entirely to the work of the ivory carver Francis van Bossuit. It contains more than 100 engravings reproducing a considerable part of Van Bossuit’s oeuvre. The prints, made after the drawings by Barent Graat, show the master’s ivory, wooden, and terracotta statues from different angles. This engraving shows Van Bossuit’s Mars.