The Neiads

The Neiads  is a superb xylograph on Japon applied on ivory-colored paper,  after Arnold Böcklin , by  Johann Jacob Weber .

A wonderful black and white plate from the print suite " Sechzehn Holzschnitte nach Gemälden Arnold Böcklin (Meisterwerke der Holzschneidekunst, Neue Folge Heft V), leipzig, verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber ", printed in 1898 by J.J. Weber.

Original title:   Die Najaden .

Our copy, like all the plates of this print suite, is a woodcut painted on the head wood and taken from Böcklin's most famous paintings. J.J. Weber was the executor and creator of the  Meisterwerke der Holzschneidekunst  series, which also includes a famous folder of his woodcuts taken from the works of Sascha Schneider.

Representing the idyllic scene with neiads playing in the water, the  nymphs who preside over all the fresh waters of the earth and possessed healing and prophetic faculties; they are female beings, mostly immortal, while some are mortal even though they have a long life .

This is an incredibly faithful copy of the original masterpiece " Die Najaden " by Bocklin with an autonomous artistic dignity. In excellent conditions, with some signs of the time and a usual yellowing of the paper at the edges. Signed on plate on the sides on the lower margin.