Dominic Winter Auctions
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* Van Heemskerck (Maarten). Seven allegorical engravings of Processions, from the series 'Circulus Vicissitudines rerum Humanorum' (The Vicissitudes of Human Life...,), Omnibus amissis post mille Pericula rebus..., Sustinet Impositum veluti virtute Camelus..., Invidia Bellimater occupant rhedam..., Auriga Mundi tempus..., Impia facta Fratrum macra Invidia..., David magnanimus fortem virtute Leonem..., [and] En pietate virum insignem virtute decorum Clemente Stephan?..., Coornhert, originally published in 1564 but these examples circa 1601, hand-coloured engravings with etching on laid after H. Cock, large margins, each approximately 210 x 255 mm, together with Halma (Francois). Naumachiae, Id Est Navalis Pugnae, Lucus Onuphrii Panvinii, Veronensis..., Rome 1699, uncoloured engraving, old folds, some water staining, 335 x 445 mmQTY: (8)NOTE:Maerten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–6 in Italy. He produced many designs which were subsequently engraved and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World. The second item depicts the re-enactment of a naval battle at the Colosseum, showing numerous ships and galleys engaged in mock combat. A 'Naumachiae' was a simulated naval engagement, often representing a classical Greek battle which inaugurated large festivals and tournaments at the Colosseum. This engraving was published in Francois Halma's De Aaloudheden van Rome. . ., an illustrated work on the ecclesiastical history of Rome. It was first published in 1699, but there is also a 1704 edition which has the page number 435 removed from the upper right corner.
