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Preisdatenbank abonnierenIan Boyd Walker (Canadian)Untitled2009Offset Lithograph print in colour.Limited edition 17 of 250. Signed & dated to bottom right.Approx. 30 x 30cm Ian Boyd Walker is a Bristol based artist who creates a wide range of art. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Banksy (British b.1974)Stepping Out XL (BNK/5Y 024)Offset lithograph print on Starliner backed paste-up sticker back10.5 x 12.5 cm (4.5" x 4.8")Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
René Gagnon (American, b. 1971)'Tesco Graffiti Soup'2008Silkscreen Print on CanvasLimited edition 6 of 10 Signed to side of canvasUnframed51 x 51 cm (20" x 20") Born in 1971 and raised in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, Gagnon started drawing graffiti on his school book covers and piecing in railway tunnels in the early 80's after seeing the movies, 'Wild Style' and 'Beat Street'.In 1986 he met a graffiti artist (STER) from the Bronx. Together they created his tag: SNO and he became the most widely recognized graffiti artist/tagger in Southeastern, Mass. from 1986-1993.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Brian Jones (British)'The Boy King'Giclee print on paperSigned, numbered 6 of 18 and dated in pencil41 x 36 cm (16" x 14")Liverpool born artist, Brian Jones art prints range from - dollar bills stamped with Madonna's face, to politically suggestive pieces such as and cult icons like . His 'New Pop' art plays with well known popular culture and images and comments on issues such as war and politics. Over the past few years his works have shown literally alongside those of Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton and Roy Lichtenstein to name but a few. With much more in the pipeline, his upward spiral is set to continue. Now living in Wales, Brian Jones is one of Britain's most promising ‘New Pop’ artists. He shows both nationally and internationally, with pieces in public collections and works owned by politicians, football managers, film and pop stars, plus other notables in the creative industries.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Graham Dews (British b. 1974)UntitledModern art screen print with hand finished spray painted backgroundSigned, dated & numbered 33/35 in pencilFramed and glazed76 x 57 cm (29" x 22")An English conceptual graffiti artist, Paris rose to global fame in 2011 when he worked alongside Coldplay to create a massive piece of spray can art for the cover of their fifth studio, Mylo Xyloto, as well as providing artwork for subsequent world tours. Paris regularly participates in British music events. His work can easily be identified, with its unique combination of atmospheric colours, detailed and highly stylised line work and space age effects, especially cracks and shines.Both of these works were designed to be lightweight and durable. They are from a collection of over 50 similar pieces aimed to Tour Across the UK and even Further afield. The content of the imagery is very autobiographical, much of it depicting key moments in his 30+ years as a writer.“The whole series was exhibited in Frome, Somerset in May 2022, billed as ‘A Touring Exhibition for Changing Times’ there was probably some thinly veiled social commentary about property prices and the division of wealth in the UK...but I generally try to steer clear of Political Statements if I can.The future of this project , and indeed the future of this country is now seriously in doubt....”⦁ Paris 2022This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Banksy (British b. 1974)Colston2021Stencil print on shirtMarked 23 to the label from the 11th December release with original pink plastic bagSize SBanksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Inkie (British b. 1969)'Love is the Message' UndatedLimited edition No. 19 of 50A3 High definition Indigo Art print on 300gm textured paper.Signed to front in pencil57 x 40cm (22.5" x 16")Inkie began working as part of Crime Incorporated Crew (also known as the "CIC" or the Crime inc.crew) in 1983, along with Felix and Joe Braun. He was the head of the many artists arrested in 1989 during "Operation Anderson", the UK's largest ever graffiti bust. He arranged 1998's Walls on Fire event with Banksy, on the site of the future At-Bristol centre. He has subsequently worked in the video game industry, including some time as head of creative design at Sega, where his work was included in Jet Set Radio. Inkie was one artist present to do live painting at the launch of Banksy's book Bristol: Home Sweet Home. Inkie has likened the time spent training as a graffiti artist to that of classical musicians.He now teaches art and graphic design to young children and college students.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) (German - 1913 - 51) UntitledUndatedEtching print on paper Limited edition print No. 96 of 125Framed & glazed 25 x 20cm (10" x 8")German painter and photographer predominantly active in France. Though broadly unrecognized in his lifetime, he is considered a pioneer of lyrical abstraction, one of the most influential artists of the Tachisme movement.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Pedro Matos (Portuguese, b. 1989) 'Therefore The King'2010 Giclee and screen print with hand varnishing on 300gsm fine art paper Signed and numbered 18/75 Professionally framed 94 x 80 cm (37" x 31") Pedro Matos has been hailed as one of Portugal’s most promising contemporary artists. His practice has been a continuous investigation of the ephemeral and decaying, the withered and downtrodden - Qualities the artist finds present in the urban landscape and nature alike, whether made by unconscious human gestures and mark making or natural phenomena. Rendered in the form of meticulous and highly detailed works, the artist explores the intricacy of abstract textures and fragmented details, lying at the boundary between abstraction and representation. Pedro Matos was born in Santarém, Portugal in 1989. He studied at the Fine Arts University of Lisbon (2008); Arco Visual Arts Centre (2009) and Central Saint Martin's College of Art at the University of London (2011). Pedro's work has been widely exhibited internationally, both in solo and group exhibitions such as The National Army Museum in London (2013); Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles (2013); The Goss Michael Foundation in Dallas (2012); University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson (2011) and Phillips de Pury in London (2010). His work is in the permanent public collections of The National Army Museum in London and Museu da Guarda in Portugal. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Mr Jago (British b. 1972)'Walking Wounded'20085 Colour screen print hand finished by the artistSigned, dated and numbered 12 of 75 in pencil56 x 56 cm (22 x 22 in)Duncan Jago’s career as Mr. Jago began as a formative artist in Bristol’s aclaimed graffiti scene. He initiated the Scrawl movement, a school of street art that elected members based on their abilities with line, movement, and narrative composition. Jago was featured in the seminal, eponymous book Scrawl published in 1999. Having studied illustration at the University of the West of England, Mr. Jago’s style, initially heavily illustrative, has evolved into something far more abstracted and expressive. Mr. Jago has taken spray painting to a level of sophistication rarely seen in the medium; there is maturity and depth to his use of colour which he uses to describe the natural world and the cosmos, as he says: “A love of nature has been the biggest influence on my work, the forms and flows that exist within it seem to be appearing … more and more nowadays.” These references to landscape imagery with less emphasis on gesture and brushstrokes, combined with a strong focus on colour and its emotional function, is strongly reminiscent of the mid-century Colour Field movement, pioneered by the Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko. Mr Jago is also influenced by painters such as Jules Olitski, Dan Christensen and Albert Stadler. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lucas Price / Cyclops (British, b. 1975)Mentasm2008Screen print on woven paperSigned and numbered 12 of 45 in pencilFramed & glazedAccompanied with certificate of authenticity 51 x 36 cm (20" x 14")Contemporary artist Lucas Price, formerly known as Cyclops, blends the traditional and the modern, merging contemporary photo realism with antiquated styles and religious iconography. Price completed a Masters degree at the Royal College of Art, London. In 2008, he exhibited at the Tate Modern as part of their exhibition ‘Art on the Street’ and, in 2015, appeared in Bonhams’ contemporary auction. As well as working as a fine artist, Lucas Price founded the postmodernist menswear label ‘A.Four Labs’, with Tokyo-based designer Kazuki Kuraishi.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Beryl Cook (British born 1926-2008) 'Dining In Paris' 2001Signed print in colour published by Alexander Gallery Publications Ltd, Bristol, England. Signed in pencil by the artist to the margin. Unnumbered single edition of 650Unframed.63 x 57cm ( 25 x 22.5inch)Beryl Cook, OBE (10 September 1926 – 28 May 2008) was a British artist best known for her original and instantly recognisable paintings. Often comical, her works pictured people whom she encountered in everyday life, including people enjoying themselves in pubs, girls shopping or out on a hen night, drag queen shows or a family picnicking by the seaside or abroad. She had no formal training and did not take up painting until her thirties. She was a shy and private person, and in her art often depicted the flamboyant and extrovert characters so different to herself.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Beryl Cook (British born 1926-2008) 'Dirty Dancing'2008Signed print in colour published by Alexander Gallery Publications Ltd, Bristol, England.Signed in pencil by the artist to the margin.Unnumbered single edition of 650Unframed.68 x 44cm ( 27 x 17.5inch)Beryl Cook, OBE (10 September 1926 – 28 May 2008) was a British artist best known for her original and instantly recognisable paintings. Often comical, her works pictured people whom she encountered in everyday life, including people enjoying themselves in pubs, girls shopping or out on a hen night, drag queen shows or a family picnicking by the seaside or abroad. She had no formal training and did not take up painting until her thirties. She was a shy and private person, and in her art often depicted the flamboyant and extrovert characters so different to herself.
Ian Francis (British, b. 1979) 'A girl moves back home with her pet dog'Original print on canvasSigned in black marker to the verso40 x 60 cm (15 x 23 in) Ian Francis is a British mixed-media artist from Bristol. Drawing and painting on canvas he creates abstract scenes of colour and shapes which often feature individuals, either alone or in a group, which are placed to either interact with the surroundings drawn by Francis or are effected by it. Francis’ works have been featured as part of the opening of URBAN NATION Museum 2017. Influenced by a variety of pictures and visuals he sees throughout the day, Francis uses this stream of images to guide him to creating abstract, multi-layered and often grimy, dark and highly contrasted artworks. His compositions are built on a mash up of said visuals that he strips from their original meaning and story and weaves them into a new identity. Often combining different elements of older paintings he has done, they seem to form a multidimensional platform surrounded by an empty, black space. Holding a degree in illustration and an alumnus of the University of West England, Francis was heavily influenced by conceptual art and video installations of the 90s, a style that he works into his art by using gel to create a high contrast flat finish that resembles the effect of a high definition monitor.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Sickboy (British b.1980) All Or Nothing Limited edition signed one colour giclee screen print on paper Signed and numbered 7/25 in pencil to the lower marginFramed and glazed81 x 101 cm (31 x 39 in)Sickboy is the name of a street artist from Bristol, UK, known for his temple logo and his 'Save the Youth' slogan. Sickboy moved to London in 2007 and his street art became prevalent particularly in the East End boroughs of Shoreditch and Tower Hamlets. It is claimed Sickboy was one of the first UK graffiti artists to use a logo instead of a 'tag'.This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) - Wedding of Rebekah and Isaac / Description: A very detailed work typical for the Bry: A panoramic scene showing literally hundred figures making part of a cavalcade. Rebekah sits side-saddle on a mule in her wedding garb; a group of guests sit in an amphitheater and watch a group of dancers. After a design by Baldassare Peruzzi (1581-1636) also engraved by Gijsbert van Veen (1558-1628) in 1585. Our print dating from 1580-1600. Same print in British Museum, there cut off beneath the text, here complete with the borderlines all around. / Dimensions: 7,60 x 37,10 cm / Condition: A good impression with no wear. On plate border with full borderline and mostly tread margins. Vertical flattened fold and small tear with no paper loss at left beneath text line. On the back remains of hinge along the topside. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (2) --- See C.L. Frommel, 'Baldassare Peruzzi als Maler und Zeichner', 1967/68, no. 126. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1580-1600
Giovanni Battista Scultori - Greek Trojan battle / Description: The Trojans repulsing the Greeks as far as their ships; a composition with men fighting at sea and in the water. Engraved at the bottom centre 'I.B.Mantuanus Sculptor 1538'Engraving made by: Giovanni Battista Scultori. The influence of Giulio Romano is clear, but it appears to be ultimately an invention by Giovanni Battista himself. Giovanni Battista Scultori (1503-1575) Architect and engraver in Mantua. Father of Adam and Diana. Bartsch wrongly calls the family Ghisi. Sometimes known as Mantovano (though originally from Verona). / Dimensions: 40,00 x 57,60 cm / Condition: This large engraving is complete and pasted on a support sheet. The impression is early and very good. It has moderate foxing and only a few tiny defects such as paper weakness bottom left corner now stabilized by the support sheet. A flattened vertical middle fold with small tear with no paper loss near the signature at left (easy to reattach to the support sheet) and with small section of bottom right corner teared off and reattached in the past. Overall acceptable condition for this large print, in enjoyable impression. / Literature: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XV.383.20) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1538
Nicolò Boldrini - The stigmatisation of St Francis - C.1530 / Description: Very rare woodcut after the Titian drawing. St. Francis from Assisi and his brother Leo in a wood with mountains, buildings, a roe deer and a small cross within a halo of light. Unsigned, attributed to Boldrini. Stylistically, the print is close to the destroyed altarpiece of S. Pietro martyr (formerly Venice, Saints John and Paul) executed in the years 1526-1530. According the Giorgio Fini Foundation: The woodcut is cited both by Vasari (1568) and by Ridolfi (1648). Mariette believed that Titian had drawn directly on the matrix. The print according to Muraro and Rosand dates back to the end of the third decade, as evidenced by the connections with the altarpiece of San Pietro Martyr, formerly in the church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, commissioned in 1526 and delivered in 1530. / Dimensions: 29,00 x 43,10 cm / Condition: The impression is good and it has full border line and one centimeter margins on laid paper from the period. Small defects to the margins has been enforced with some paper strips on the backside, as is the vertical middle fold that has teared in a bit. Overall with the acid free passe-partout covering the marginal defects an enjoyable example of this rare work. / Literature: Passavant 1860-64 / Le Peintre-Graveur (VI.235.59) --- D. Rosand and M. Muraro, 'Titian and the Venetian Woodcut', 1976-1977, n.23. --- Mauroner, 19 --- Dreyer, 18 --- Fondazione Giorgio Fini, ALU.0190.1. ---El Greco was inspired by this woodcut in two small paintings preserved at the Carrara Academy in Bergamo and at the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1530-1535
Raphael's Raising of Brazen Serpent, by Caietanus le Poer / Description: A spectacular rare and large engraving showing the tapestry of The Raising of the Brazen Serpent from the Story of Moses. With 'Raph. de Urb. In.' in lower left corner and with name and titles of Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (r.1550-87). This print is from a series generally dated 1728, reproducing seven tapestries from a series designed for Ferrante Gonzaga on the life of Moses, kept in Mantua after Ferrante's death in 1557.Scholars have generally assumed that the set of the Story of Moses was woven in the workshop of Nicolas Karcher in Mantua, after designs showing stylistic relation to Giulio Romano, who has often been credited as the designer of these. All the extant tapestries - now in the Museo del Duomo, Milan - carry the arms of Guglielmo Gonzaga, the exact identity of the set's commissioner and its execution date remain controversial. So the tapestry was designed by probably by Raphael, probably influenced by Guilio Romano, and the engraving executed by Italian engraver Caietanus le Poer. / Dimensions: 38,60 x 40,60 cm / Condition: This print, on a dense laid paper is in excellent condition. Complete with the image borderline all around. No folds, tears ort stains. / Literature: Ruland p.259 D.II.5 ----- Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); p.85, under no.152 ----- Tapestry in the Renaissance 2002 : Tapestry in the Renaissance. Art and Magnificence, ed. Thomas P. Campbell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002 pp.488-93 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: Ca. 1728
Federico Barocci - Madonna on the clouds / Description: Splendid etching taken from a subject by the master from Urbino printed with richly toned inking. The high quality and softness of this engraving, engraved in counterpart to that of Barocci, make the etching very interesting from a collector's point of view. The tones are rich in chiaroscuro and the face shows the dotted technique, well used by the master from Urbino. Among the various versions derived from the subject of Barocci, this is the closest to the original and suggests a master linked to the Baroque school. With signature F.B.V.F. (Federico Barocci Urbino Fecit) / Dimensions: 16,00 x 10,80 cm / Condition: Printed on a dense laid paper, in goos condition, without restorations. Trimmed on plate border with traces of tread margins. A couple of flattened folds. / Literature: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XVII.3.2 copy) --- (Text from Michael Bury, 'The Print in Italy 1550-1620', London, 2001, cat.no.43) Barocci made only four prints. Judged in terms of the control of etching technique, this and the Stigmatization are the least proficient of the four. There is therefore a strong reason for supposing that they were the earliest. The angel heads in the upper corners of this one are very like those at the top of the Perdono and it is probable that it was made around 1581, / Medium: Etching /Circa: 1580-1620
Johannes Wierix (1539-1620) - Venus drying her feet / Description: Venus seen on profile, seated drying her feet, a basin of water seen to left; Cupid scratching his head and carrying a bow to right; a landscape seen through a window. This is one of the famous prints after old masters (Durer, Raphael) done at a young age to show his geniality, and signed AE 14 top right. This allows to date the print in 1563. The print follows an engraving by Marcantonio made after Raphael circa 1512-1520 (Bartsch XIV.224.297). The date 1563 mentioned to be engraved bottom left in the first state is not present. (erased, or second state) / Dimensions: 16,50 x 13,10 cm / Condition: Excellent to brilliant impression on a dense laid paper from the period trimmed just on plate border. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (1902) --- Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (1601) --- Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (1432) --- Bartsch (Raimondi) 297C / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1563
Jan Sadeler, Jacopo Bassano - Christ In The House Of Martha And Mary / Description: Christ is a guest in the house of the sisters Martha and Maria. Martha is working in the kitchen and stirring the food with a ladle. Mary sits at Christ's feet listening to his words. An engraving made by Johan Sadeler showing one of the so called kitchen scenes painted by Jacopo Bassano. / Dimensions: 20,50 x 28,70 cm / Condition: A good dark excellent impression trimmed on plate border with omission of text line. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (199) --- (Text from Michael Bury, 'The Print in Italy 1550-1620', BM, London 2001, cat.149)One of the striking features of the Sadelers' work in Venice is that they produced prints of this small size and intimate delicacy, quite different from anything their Italian contemporaries were doing. This and other engravings by the Sadelers were crucial to the diffusion of knowledge of the work of the Bassano family of painters and thus to establishing their international reputation (Aikema and Brown, 1999, p.560). Pan identified the Blaffer Foundation picture in Houston, signed by both Jacopo and Francesco Bassano, as the original of the composition engraved here. The Blaffer Foundation picture came from the Gonzago collection: see Morselli, R (ed.), Gonzaga catalogue (La Celeste Galeria), no. 19, p.182]. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1598
Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618) - Two Waders - Avium Vivae Icones / Description: A grand korhaan and a great fuit on the bank of a river. In the background a landscape with windmill and lighttower. From a series of plates showing birds: Avium Vivae Icones in aes incisae & edita ab Adriano Collardo. Print made by: Adriaen Collaert; Published by: Adriaen Collaert, Signed Adrian Collaert excud / Dimensions: 13,00 x 19,00 cm / Condition: A good impression in a good original condition. In the original sheet of watermarked laid paper with full plate border and good margins. / Literature: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge --- The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1416 (I / II). / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1598-1618
Aegidius Sadeler, Paul Bril - Landscape inspired by Brueghel / Description: Mountain landscape with a hermit seated on the right. Engraving made by Aegidius Sadeler II, after Paul Bril. Signed at bottom "Paulus Bril Inventor / Eg. Sadeler scalp." The rocky landscape with grotto related to a work by Jan Breughel the Elder. / Dimensions: 20,20 x 26,80 cm / Condition: Very good impression with nice plate tone, on a full sheet of laid paper twice watermarked. Good margins. Small Closed hole middle right, overall very good condition. Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (206), only state. --- Bril's drawing for this print is in the Louvre (Lugt cat.397). --- B. Toth discusses the relationship to Brueghel's print, see 'The antecedents and impact of Rocky Landscape with a grotto and a gypsy camp by Jan Brueghel the Elder', in: Bulletin du musee Hongrois des Beaux-arts, 2015-2016, n. 120-121, p. 289-302 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1590-1620
Pieter Stevens II (1567-1624), Aegidius Sadeler II (1570-1629) - Series of the Months (12) / Description: A series of twelve prints showing the months of the year with their related activities. At the top sign of the zodiac. Each one with the name of the month and two lines of text in three columns. Signed Petrus Stephani inventor on most prints in one of the bottom corners. Complete series of the months but without the title engraving who is usually lacking. The publishers address of Marco Sadeler in text lines. The set offers a quanitity on details about daily life around 1600. Print series like this fitted in with the urge to catalog themes like seasons, months, elements, planets ... during humanism. / Dimensions: 21,20 x 28,80 cm / Condition: Good grey impressions with plate tone on a thicker watermarked laid paper sheet, all with wide margins. Two or three sheets with aclosed tear in the bottom margin, one of them going in the left corner of the image (Aprilis). Overal a very homogeneous set. Hollstein Dutch ,Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : text, p. 35, cat.nr. 130-141 (II/II) / Medium: 12 Engravings /Circa: 1607
Peter Paul Rubens , Paulus Pontius - Susanna and the Elders - 1624 / Description: Susanna and the Elders; Susanna standing by a fountain and leaning forward, two old men behind her and trying to grab her clothes, a glass vessel in left foreground. Underneath one line "TVRPE SENILIS AMOR.", and at left "Petrus Paulus Rubenius pinxit / Paulus Pontius sculpsit", at the right "Cum Privilegiis Regis Christianissimi, Serenissimae Infantis / et Ordinum Confederatorum. Anno 1624" . Engraving by Paulus Pontius after an unknown painting by Rubens (Rooses 133). The design drawing by Pontius is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv.no.20317. The print has a very rare auction inscription on the backside dated 1811. (See provenance) / Dimensions: 35,30 x 27,60 cm / Condition: Very good impressions on a full sheet of watermarked laid paper trimmed on the plate border. Good clean condition. Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (11.90) --- Corpus Rubenianum III / Rubens. The Old Testament (63) --- Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (1) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1624
Etching by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) - Jupiter, Io and Juno - / Description: This is one of only seven etchings attributed to Jacob Jordaens himself. Jupiter, Io and Juno. Jupiter, at centre, accompanied by his eagle, undresses and inspects the naked rear of Io; Juno at top right sits on a celestial cloud accompanied by two peacocks. 1652 Etching signed in lower left corner "Iac. Iordaens inuentor. 1652." Hollstein 6, first state before the address of Blooteling. / Dimensions: 28,00 x 35,50 cm / Condition: Flattened middle fold, laid paper with fiils head watermark, remains of hinges on the back. Hollstein 6, d'Hulst 1993 B97. ---- There are only seven etchings attributed to Jacob Jordaens (Hollstein 1-3, 5-7 and 9), also described in D'Hulst catalogue (pp.132-136). Although these are all lettered with Jordaens as the designer ('inventor'), they are considered as also made by him. Lit.: R.-A. D'Hulst, 'Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), volume II: Drawings and Prints', Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1993, nos. B93-99. No modello for this print has been identified. A painting of the same subject is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie at Besançon dateable to 1660, i.e. after the etching. ---- In the British Museum also as Print made by: Jacques Jordaens (Sheepshanks.5016) / Medium: Etching /Circa: 1652
Lucas Vorsterman (1595-1675) - Penitent Mary Magdalene / Description: Saint Mary Magdalene in a cave. She lies on the floor and holds a crucifix. In the foreground a book on a skull and bones and on the left a scourge. A very good black printed impression, engraving and published by Lucas Vorsterman I 1595-1675) after a design by: Gerard Seghers (1591-1651) / Dimensions: 26,40 x 35,50 cm / Condition: Exceptional good black inked impression trimmed on plate border. The print is complete. Expertly invisibly closed tear in text line. Hollstein Dutch 90 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1620-1660
Jacob Jordaens, Martinus van der Goes- Adoration of the Shepherds / Description: The Adoration of the Shepherds. Interior of a stable with the Holy family and several shepherds offering food and one of them playing the flute, a basket with a chicken hanging from the ceiling in top right corner; second state with a hand with three fingers reaching for the chicken basket. Signed "Iac: Iodraens pinxit." and "Marinus sculpsit." in text line. / Dimensions: 46,50 x 35,00 cm / Condition: A fine good inked impression of this large print in excellent condition. Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (1) --- d'Hulst 1993 / Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). I: Paintings and Tapestries; II: Drawings and Prints (B76) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1620-1640
Pieter Paul Rubens, Paulus Pontius, Sacra Conversazione with St Bonaventure and St George; the Virgin and Child / Description: Sacra Conversazione with St Bonaventure and St George; the Virgin and child seated at left before an arbour. Large engraving after a painting of Pieter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) engraved by Paulus Pontius (1603-1658) ca 1640-1658. References: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (70.48), Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (25.II). Very good detailed impression on thin laid watermarked paper with 1 -2 mm margins. / Dimensions: 56,7 cm x 44,1 cm / Condition: Very good detailed impression on thin laid watermarked paper with 1-2 mm margins. In excellent condition, rare for a large print as this one. Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (70.48)Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (25.II). / Medium: engraving /Circa: 1640-1658
Johannes Wierix (1549-1620) - William I Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau / Description: This delicately refined engraving in a rare first state depicts the portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau (Dillenburg 1533 - Delft 1584). He was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was assassinated at the Prinsenhof on 10 July 1584 by the Burgundian Catholic Balthasar Gérard, subject and supporter of Philip II, who regarded William of Orange as a threat to his king and to the Catholic faith. This print is striking in its depiction of the intricate lace and minutiae on his armour. On the ruler's neck we recognize the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Rare in this first state of five before title, cartouche and all later additions. / Dimensions: 19,40 x 13,80 cm - oval 9,50 x 7,40 cm / Condition: Very good early impression of the first state with all detail. On a full sheet of dense laid paper with the plate borders of the square plate and small margins at three sides, narrow just inside plate border at the bottom. Slight paler printed area on the breastplate of the armour. Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (1899- I/V) First State ——- Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (1995) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1600
Willem van de Passe (1597-1636) - Godefroy of Bouillon / Description: The Christian hero Godfried van Bouillon , lance in hand. Bust in an oval frame with an edge lettering in Latin. In the margin are his name and a two-line eulogy in English. A print by Willem van de Passe from the series of the 'Nine Worthies". Signed "Guil: Pass. fe." just above the text line. / Dimensions: 17,90 x 12,60 cm / Condition: Good impression. Soiling of top margin. Hollstein Dutch 27-1(2) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1621-1636
Willem van de Passe (1597-1636) - Hector of Troye / Description: The hero of classical antiquity Hector of Troy. Bust in an oval frame with an edge lettering in Latin. In the margin are his name and a two-line eulogy in English. A print by Willem van de Passe from the series of the 'Nine Worthies". Signed "Guil: Pass. fe." on another print of the series (Godefroy of Bouillon) / Dimensions: 17,70 x 12,70 cm / Condition: Good impression in a very good condition. Hollstein English 22 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1621-1636
Willem van de Passe (1597-1636) - King Arthur, one of the nine worthies / Description: The Christian hero King Arthur. Bust in an oval frame with an edge lettering in Latin. In the margin are his name and a two-line eulogy in English. A print by Willem van de Passe from the series of the 'Nine Worthies". Signed "Guil: Pass. fe." on another print of the series (Godefroy of Bouillon) / Dimensions: 17,80 x 12,20 cm / Condition: Good impression in a good condition. Soiling of top margin. Hollstein Dutch 25 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1621-1636
Willem van de Passe (1597-1636) - King David one of the nine worthies / Description: The Jewish hero David, playing his harp. Bust in an oval frame with an edge lettering in Latin. In the margin are his name and a two-line eulogy in English. A print by Willem van de Passe from the series of the 'Nine Worthies". Signed "Guil: Pass. fe." on another print of the series (Godefroy of Bouillon) / Dimensions: 17,80 x 12,80 cm / Condition: Good impression in a very good condition. Hollstein Dutch 20 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1621-1636
Satirical print: The Fair of the Stock Dealers - 1720 / Description: De Kermis-Kraam van de Actie-Knaapen... (The Fair of the Stock Dealers brings Pleasure and Pain). Dutch satire on the financial crisis of 1720 with a triumphal chariot pulled by two monstrous toads, driven by a woman representing Deceit; behind sits Bombario holding a flag with his name and a mousetrap, a bag of money, and a tray of shares to sell; behind him a Devil stands blowing with bellows into the backside of Harlequin. From a series of etchings brought together as 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' ---- Amsterdam, Haarlem en Leiden were the three towns in Holland where the government did not favour the stock trade, as opposed to Rotterdam. The style is similar to that of BM Satires 1653, which also includes verses by "Philadelphus", a pseudonym for Gysbert Tyssens. ---- / Dimensions: a / Condition: Good impression with nice plate tone, with the original folds, in the full sheet of heraldic shield watermarked laid paper. Muller 1863-1882 / De Nederlandsche Geschiedenis in Platen. Beredeneerde Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Historieplaten (3546) --- BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (1650) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1720
Cornelis Cort, Giorgi Vasari - Pentecost / Description: Spirit in the form of a dove appears through a gap in clouds surrounded by angels and putti; beneath in a room the Virgin and the apostles look up in awe. A good early impression of an early state published in 1574 with the publishers address of Antonio Lafrery. Before the later publication by Giovanni Orlandi in 1602. State II on III, the first state before any address not on the market. / Dimensions: 46,00 x 28,70 cm / Condition: Well inked good early contrasted impression. This large print is mounted on a support sheet with hand drawn frame border and is in a good condition. No folds or tears. Small stain on a background figure. New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (77. I-II/III) --- Bierens de Haan 1948 / L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, graveur hollandais 1533-1578 (100) Engraving /Circa: 1574
Hendrik Goltzius - Apollo And the Centaur Chiron - 1590 / Description: Print from the second series of scenes from the Metamorphoses whose design occupied Goltzius about 1589. Apollo entrusting Chiron with the education of Asclepius; Apollo handing the baby boy to the centaur, Chiron and Asclepius seen talking to a creature with a horse's head in the background. Engraving made by: Hendrik Goltzius (workshop of). An early work drawn by Goltzius en engraved in his workshop probably under his supervision. This is an early first state before the double number added at right. / Dimensions: 18,000 x 25,50 cm / Condition: A good impression in good condition with full plate border and tread margins on early watermarked laid paper. New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (552-571) I/II -----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.106.2) -----Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (10-61; 508-559) --- First state on two. Engraving /Circa: 1590
Hendrik Goltzius - Phaeton in his Charriot - 1590 / Description: Print from the second series of scenes from the Metamorphoses whose design occupied Goltzius about 1589. Phaeton driving his father's sun chariot around Earth but losing control of the horses, Eos seated on a cloud in top left. Engraving made by: Hendrik Goltzius (workshop of). An early work drawn by Goltzius en engraved in his workshop probably under his supervision. This is an early first state before the double number added at right. / Dimensions: 17,50 x 25,50 cm / Condition: A good impression in good condition trimmed on plate border with tread margins, on watermarked laid paper. New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (552-571) I/II -----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.106.2) -----Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (10-61; 508-559) --- First state on two. Engraving /Circa: 1590
Bloemaert Chiaroscuro - The Holy Family / Description: The Holy Family before a Fireplace. The Virgin seated at right, Christ as child leaning against her, St Joseph at left; from Abraham Bloemaert' s "Tekenboek". Engraving and chiaroscuro woodcut with two tone blocks (beige and brown). Print made by: Frederik Bloemaert after the drawings of his father Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651). . There were several editions until in the 18th century. This one from the still 17th century's publication by Frederik de Wit circa 1680. / Dimensions: 21,30 x 17,40 cm / Condition: Good impression with very nice colourfrom the two tinted block. The woodcut is a good impression in very good condition. It is on a large sheet of 'Sotskap' watermarked laid paper. Strauss 1973 / Chiaroscuro: the claire-obscure woodcuts by the German and Netherlandish masters of the XVI and XVII centuries (169) --- Roethlisberger 1993 / Abraham Bloemaert and his sons: Paintings and prints (T44) Engraving, woodcut, colour /Circa: 1650-1680
Robert de Baudous , Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen - Summer - 1618 / Description: A print from 'The Four Season', one of the nicest sea and rivers capes from the golden age: Summer. Riverscape with a sailing boat at left, peasants unloading hay from small boats on both river-banks, one of these boats about to reach shore in lower right corner, some larger ships and buildings in background at right; after Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen. c.1613-1618 known for his superb landscapes. Engraved by De Baudois (1574-1659) and published by Hendrick Laurentsz around 1613-1618. / Dimensions: 19,10 x 26,60 cm / Condition: Very good impression on watermarked laid paper with full plate border and mostly tread margins. Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (81.I) Etching /Circa: 1613-1618
Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) - The Resurrection / Description: Original engraving made by Lucas van Leyden with the publishers address of Martin Petri. Surrounded by a halo of light and clouds, Christ has risen from the grave. With his right hand he makes a blessing gesture, in his left he holds the banner of victory. To the left in the foreground sits a soldier who looks back in surprise. Lower down beside the tomb there are two more soldiers. This print was made by Lucas van Leyden in 1521 and is so dated and monogrammed in the plate. To the right in the foreground is the publisher's address of M Petri (Maarten Peeters, Antwerp print publisher and painter, 1500-1566). / Dimensions: 11,80 x 7,50 cm / Condition: A good inked impression in a full sheet of laid paper with good margins. Condition is excellent with no folds, tears or stains. / Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (56)-----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.368.56) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1521
Albrecht Dürer, Hans Schäufelein, - Christ appearing to St Mary Magdalene / Description: In the foreground of this woodcut with the AD monogram of Dürer, Christ appears standing before the kneeling Saint Mary Magdalene. We recognize her by the anointing pot she is holding with both hands. Christ is making a blessing gesture with his right hand and is leaning on a shovel with his left. A centrally placed tree seems to separate the two figures. Behind the low wall, a landscape in the distance opens on the left, with birds descending towards Christ's cruciform nimbus. To the right the scene shows a building. The print was previously attributed to Dürer (1471-1528)) because of his monogram on the front left of the print, but is currently assigned to his pupil Hans Schäufelein (c.1482-1539/1540). With collectors stamp of Antoine Vivenel (Lugt.190). / Dimensions: 18,00 x 18,20 cm / Condition: Very good condition, trimmed on the image frame, collectors stamp of Antoine Vivenel / Literature: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (20)-----Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (II.19.37)-----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.175.8) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1505-1508
Albrecht Durer's double portrait by Lucas Kilian (1579-1637) / Description: Double portrait of Albrecht Dürer. Two full-length portraits of Dürer stand on opposite sides of a table with a very bizarre shaped base. They are positioned in front of an architectural structure with columns and central round arch that overlooks a corridor with perspective. The print presents various tools related to Durer's work as a painter, printmaker and art theorist. Several inscriptions refer to Dürer and his exceptional talent that would continue to resonate long after his death. / Dimensions: 44,20 x 27,00 cm / Condition: A good strong impression of this large engraving in good condition / Literature: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (177) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1628
The entombment of Christ - Albrecht Dürer, school / Description: The entombment of Christ; on the right St Joseph and two men are lowering the body of Christ into the tomb, on the right the Virgin sitting, behind her Johannes, on the left in the background the city of Jerusalem and a rising sun, above which a putto with an inscribed shield, in the right background forest and a ruin. c.1580-1620Engraving signed on the plate with AD monogram on the tablet on the tree and date AD 1507 on the tomb. State with addresses of Johann Balthasar Probst and Johann Michael Probst and publisher Jeremias Wolf. This print with a complex design combining figure groups, landscape, architectural elements and ornament breathes the atmosphere of one of the most famous designs by the master: Knight and devil. Hence the ruin in the woods upper right. Longtime attributed to Durer there is no proof of a direct relation to one of his known works. / Dimensions: 23,00 x 17,50 cm / Condition: Good impression trimmed just outside the image. Good condition. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (7) --- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.232.35) --- Heller 2254, Matthias Mende, Wirkung und Nachleben Durer's, Nuremberg 1976, no. 113 / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1580-1620
Master of the Haintz Narr (1498) - A ship of fools (frontispiece) / Description: From 'Das Narrenshyff' published by Sebasitan Brandt in 1498, where the majority of the woodcuts are attributed to the young Albrecht Durer, this one by another woodcutter working along Durer in the workshop referred to as the Haintz Narr Meister.The humanist and theologian Sebastian Brant's satirical allegory in verse about contemporary vices was first published in German under the title Daß Narrenschyff ad Narragoniam in 1494. The book was a great success and was reprinted in several translations, including a Latin edition in 1497 (Stultifera Navis). The book describes a ship full of jesters en route to the "jester's paradise", Narragonia. Through the various jesters, different kinds of follies are depicted, such as the corrupt judge, the drunkard and the useless doctor. Folly was an important literary tool for writers of the time to criticize the established order unhindered. The print shows a ship full of fools. On their banner is a figure wearing a jester's hat with bells. The woodcut was used as a frontispiece starting from the Latin version and was made by the master of the Haintz Narr. Published in 1498 by Johann Bergmann in Basel. / Dimensions: 11,40 x 8,40 cm / Condition: Strong impression with the woodcut in excellent condition; In a full little sheet with the Latin letterpress remarginned bottom left corner. / Literature: / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1498
Master of the Haintz Narr (1498) - Of too much care / Description: From 'Das Narrenshyff' published by Sebasitan Brandt in 1498, where the majority of the woodcuts are attributed to the young Albrecht Durer, this one by another woodcutter working along Durer in the workshop referred to as the Haintz Narr Meister. The humanist and theologian Sebastian Brant's satirical allegory in verse about contemporary vices was first published in German under the title Daß Narrenschyff ad Narragoniam in 1494. The book was a great success and was reprinted in several translations, including a Latin edition in 1497(Stultifera Navis). The book describes a ship full of fools on its way to the " fools' paradise", Narragonia. Through the various jesters, different kinds of follies are portrayed, such as the corrupt judge, the drunkard and the useless doctor. Folly was an important literary tool for writers of the time to criticize the established order unhindered. This print shows how a jester with donkey ears and bells, bears all the cares of the world on his back. "De inutilibus curis vitandis" caps the title, "about avoiding useless worries". As such, this print illustrates folly 24, in the Latin version published by Johann Bergmann in Basel in 1498. The print was made by the Master of the Haintz Narr. / Dimensions: 12,00 x 8,50 cm / Condition: Good condition, full page with text and image. Laud paper with fragment of a watermark. / Literature: / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1498
Pieter van der Heyden Attr - Story of Solomon, 1st state by Cock - 1554 / Description: A first state of this set rare in any state, here complete in six prints. The Story of Solomon. With the publishers address in the first state of H. Cock on the third plate with "Martinus Hemskerck inventor, H. Cock excud. 1554". Only one other set, a second state with the publishers address of Julius Goltzius, found in the Rijksmuseum. A complete and in this state extremely rare state. Scenes: 1. Solomon is anointed king by Zadok. 2. King Solomon prays to God for wisdom. 3. The Judgment of Solomon. 4. Solomon builds his temple. 5. Solomon thanks God for the temple for a sacrificial altar. 6. The king of Sheba offers flowers and gifts to Solomon. / Dimensions: Each 25,20 x 19,50 cm / Condition: A Very good printed homogeneous set in excellent condition with no folds, tears or stains inside plate border. The wide margins a bit defrayed. Some prints remarginned on top or at the left side. One print (plate 5) pasted on the support sheet. / Literature: New Hollstein Dutch 117- 122, State I / II ------- The earlies engravings made of Heemskerck's work are often made in portrait format, this format was skipped in the later work. These prints in portrait format are all very rare compared to the later series. This series of Solomon is one of the rarest, especially in the first editions published in Antwerp by Hieronymus Cock ------ Pieter van der Heyden (1530-1584) is a Flemish engraver who worked for Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp between 1551-1571. Many prints by Bruegel the elder published by Cock were by his hand. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1554
Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) - Complete set of crucified man, woman and children (3) / Description: This set published by Hieronymus Wierix consist of one print by his brother Anthony (MH-1014) and two prints by himself (MH-1015-1016) In the central representations we see successively the crucifixion, the deposition and the stab wound of Longinus. In the upper part, God speaks to Christ on the first print: 'Veni Coronaberis' (Come and be crowned). In the middle scene, he extends two crowns, one for Christ and one for Mary. On the latter, he crowns Christ. Encompassing side scenes show different martyrs: starting with crucified men, at the deposition female martyrs surround the whole and on the third scene they are crucified child martyrs. Rare as a complete set. / Dimensions: 15,70 cm x 10,50 / Condition: Good impressions trimmed on the plate edge and mounted each on another laid paper sheet. The prints are generally in a very good condition. A nice uniform complete set. / Literature: Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (-1014.II/II,- 1015.II/II, -1016. I/I )——- Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (1231,570,1232) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: Before 1619
Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) - The infant Jesus carries the instruments of passion / Description: The infant Christ is weighed down by the burden of the instruments of passion. On his shoulder he carries the cross, the ladder, the spear and the sponge. In a bucket, he carries other Arma Christi such as the hammer, tongs and rope. The road is littered with thorns, thistles and stones. In the distance, we glimpse a town and a mountain range. The whole scene is enclosed by an ornamented oval. "In laboribus a juventute mea" reports the caption which originates from Psalm 87 (88):16 (I am weakened, from childhood in mortal danger, bewildered I must endure your wrath). / Dimensions: 9,80 x 6,40 cm / Condition: good condition, nice dark print, trimmed on the plate edge, slight break in the borderline in lower right corner / Literature: Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (485) ——- Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (1104) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: Before 1619
Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) - The Holy Kinship with infant in a cradle / Description: In a contemporary interior, the Holy Kinship is seated around the cradle in which the Christ Child is sleeping peacefully. A sumptuous fabric shapes a canopy over the cot. Besides Mary and Joseph, St Anna and St Elisabeth are also admiring the miracle of a child. In the front right, we find a kneeling toddler in a camel-hair penitential robe. Because he points to Christ, we recognize him as John the Baptist. / Dimensions: 9,90 x 6,50 cm / Condition: Very good condition, nice dark print on a dense laid paper with complete plate borders and tread margins. / Literature: Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (626a-I/II)——- Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (428) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: Before 1619
Anton Wierix (1552-1604) -The vision of Theresa of Avila / Description: In 1572, when Teresa received communion from Juan de la Cruz, her spiritual adviser, she experienced a mystical ecstasy. In a vision, Christ appeared and showed her his right hand. "Look at this nail, it is the sign that you will be my bride," he said. In 1577, she wrote her famous mystical work, Castillo Interior (The Inner Fortress), in which she describes with great delicacy the mystical ascent in seven stages. In the print, we see how the vision takes place in the church. The life-sized Christ with the cross on his shoulder is accompanied at top left by two angels and God in a cloud formation. Important and somewhat larger size engraving amongst the work by this master. / Dimensions: 13,60 x 9,00 cm / Condition: Good condition, trimmed on the plate edge, a slight de-duplication of the text can be observed at the bottom right / Literature: Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (1297-only state) ——- Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (1088) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: Before 1619
P. Bruegel the Elder, by P. vd Heyden - Battle of Money Bags and Strong Boxes / Description: Engraving, circa 1556-1570. Third state (of 3). Engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. A superb, evenly printed impression with strong contrasts on cream laid paper. Hollstein 146, Bastelaar 146, Lebeer 54. The Battle of the Money Bags and Strong Boxes. A number of pottery banks (money bags) approach from the left to do battle with the treasure chests, barrels and strong boxes on the right; coins and broken boxes and bags litter the foreground. / Dimensions: 23,60 x 30,60 cm / Condition: A superb, evenly printed impression with strong contrasts on cream laid paper. The print is complete with full plate borders and half centimeter margins. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (53) --- New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (33.III) --- Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien (146) --- Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien (54) --- Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher (42) ----------------- Latin verses in lower margin: “What are all these riches, such an enormous pile of shiny golden metal, the chest filled with new coins? Between such great temptations and the bands of thieves, the cruel grappling hook shall serve as a sign for all: the booty makes the thief, all evil is born of glowing desire, and the cruelly gained booty fits the plunderer.” Dutch verses in lower margin: “Go to it, you money-boxes, barrels, and chests. It's all about money and goods, this fighting and quarreling. Even if someone tells you otherwise, don't believe it. We thus bear on our standards the hook, which never has failed us. They try to weaken us, but one would not wage war against the other if there was nothing to plunder.” --------------------------------- The first edition lettered "Aux Quatre Vents" was probably published by Cock's widow, Volcxken Diercx, after Cock's death in 1570. Given that this would place the print after Bruegel's own death in 1569, it is likely that this was a design intended by Bruegel for engraving, but which had not yet been carried out at the time of his death. This would likely place its execution in the early 1570s. See Riggs, p. 55. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: Ca. 1556-1570
Pieter van der Borcht (1535-1608) - Abraham with Angels - Rare large format / Description: Abraham feeding the three angels, New Hollstein 3. An exceptional large plate signed and dated 'Fecit Pe. V. Borcht 1586'. The subject with Abraham bringing a plate of food to the three angels siting on a hill below a hughe tree, overlooking a vaste Flemish style world landscape with villages and wind-mills. The landscape with the round city gate, round temple and dolomite like mountains in the back, a fortress on a kliff seems to connect with dozens of other landscapes by Bril and Breughel who always repeat the same group of elements. This is a rare print. Only one other found online (Museum Boymans van Beuningen) / Dimensions: 27,00 x 35,40 cm / Condition: Outstanding sharp impression on a dense laid paper trimmed to the borderline. / Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (3) / Medium: Etching /Circa: 1586
Etienne Delaune (?) - The Labours of July / Description: Extremely rare and very interesting print from a series of The Labours of The Month. It is a variant, or other state (?), or very close copy, of the series made in 1561 by Etienne Delaune (Robert-Dumesnil -IX.73.225-236). Image and border decoration are exactly the same but instead of a double text line in the cartouche, it has the name of the month and one line of text. The impression looks superior and quality of engraving equals or surpasses the quality of the images by Delaune I have found. / Dimensions: 17,50 x 23,50 cm / Condition: Good inked black contrasted impression with good plate tone on early watermarked laid paper. Early impression, guide lines for text still visible. / Literature: Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (IX.73.225-236) --- Robert-Dumesnil also records a series of copies by Johann Bussemacher. There exists indeed a series with exact title and one text line as described for owner print, and it bears the added text 'Coloniae Agrippinae excudit Jan Buchsmachr' but in my opinion that is probably a publishers address and gives no indication on the actual engraver who made the print. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1561-1600
Etienne Delaune (?) - The Labours of March / Description: Extremely rare and very interesting print from a series of The Labours of The Month. It is a variant, or other state (?), or very close copy, of the series made in 1561 by Etienne Delaune (Robert-Dumesnil -IX.73.225-236). Image and border decoration are exactly the same but instead of a double text line in the cartouche, it has the name of the month and one line of text. The impression looks superior and quality of engraving equals or surpasses the quality of the images by Delaune I have found. / Dimensions: 17,50 x 23,50 cm / Condition: Good inked black contrasted impression with good plate tone on early watermarked laid paper. Early impression, guide lines for text still visible. / Literature: Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (IX.73.225-236) --- Robert-Dumesnil also records a series of copies by Johann Bussemacher. There exists indeed a series with exact title and one text line as described for owner print, and it bears the added text 'Coloniae Agrippinae excudit Jan Buchsmachr' but in my opinion that is probably a publishers address and gives no indication on the actual engraver who made the print. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1561-1600
Etienne Delaune (?) - The Labours of September / Description: Extremely rare and very interesting print from a series of The Labours of The Month. It is a variant, or other state (?), or very close copy, of the series made in 1561 by Etienne Delaune (Robert-Dumesnil -IX.73.225-236). Image and border decoration are exactly the same but instead of a double text line in the cartouche, it has the name of the month and one line of text. The impression looks superior and quality of engraving equals or surpasses the quality of the images by Delaune I have found. / Dimensions: 17,50 x 23,50 cm / Condition: Good inked black contrasted impression with good plate tone on early watermarked laid paper. Early impression, guide lines for text still visible. / Literature: Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (IX.73.225-236) --- Robert-Dumesnil also records a series of copies by Johann Bussemacher. There exists indeed a series with exact title and one text line as described for ower print, and it bears the added text 'Coloniae Agrippinae excudit Jan Buchsmachr' but in my opinion that is probably a publishers address and gives no indication on the actual engraver who made the print. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1561-1600
Etienne Delaune (?) - The Labours of November / Description: Extremely rare and very interesting print from a series of The Labours of The Month. It is a variant, or other state (?), or very close copy, of the series made in 1561 by Etienne Delaune (Robert-Dumesnil -IX.73.225-236). Image and border decoration are exactly the same but instead of a double text line in the cartouche, it has the name of the month and one line of text. The impression looks superior and quality of engraving equals or surpasses the quality of the images by Delaune I have found. / Dimensions: 17,50 x 23,50 cm / Condition: Good inked black contrasted impression with good plate tone on early watermarked laid paper. Small crack in the bottom margin with no paper loss. / Literature: Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (IX.73.225-236) --- Robert-Dumesnil also records a series of copies by Johann Bussemacher. There exists indeed a series with exact title and one text line as described for ower print, and it bears the added text 'Coloniae Agrippinae excudit Jan Buchsmachr' but in my opinion that is probably a publishers address and gives no indication on the actual engraver who made the print. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1561-1600
Y. Z. Kami (Iranian/American 1956- ) Tara, 2015 signed and dated in Chinagraph pencil (lower right), numbered 4/45 (lower left)pigment print on paper, from the edition of 45, plus 12 Artist's Proofs Dimensions:85.1cm × 58.4cm (33 1/2in × 23in)Provenance:ProvenanceBlain/Southern, London, where acquired by the present owner, 2015
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