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Click here to subscribe* Jegher (Christoffel, 1596-1652/53). The Coronation of the Virgin (after Rubens), 1633, woodcut on laid paper, trimmed to outer black border, a few printer's creases towards centre of lower margin, sheet size 34 x 44.5 cm (13.3 x 17.5 ins), framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Michael Jaffe CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Hollstein IX, 10, first state.
* Jegher (Christoffel, 1596-1652/53). Silenus accompanied by a Satyr and a Faun (after Rubens), circa 1635, woodcut on laid paper, the first state (of 2), sheet size 45 x 34 cm (17.75 x 13.4 ins), laid down on pale blue backing paper, old black and gilt frame, glazed, with gallery label of P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd. to verso, with additional handwritten information supplied in ink (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Friedrich Heinrich de la Motte-Fouque (1777-1843), German romantic writer and author of numerous tales and romances including Ondine and Sintram; Collection of Michael Jaffe CBE (1923-1997). Hollstein 16, i/ii.
Adams (Thomas R. & Walters, David W.). English Maritime Books Printed Before 1801... , 1st edition, The John Carter Brown Library & The National Maritime Museum, 1995, initialled presentation inscription from Adams to John Lawson to front free endpaper, original cloth, 4to, together with Moraes (Rubens Borba de) , Bibliographia Braziliana... , 2 volumes, revised and enlarged edition, Los Angeles, 1983, some illustrations including frontispieces, original cloth in dust jackets, a little rubbed and torn at margins, large 8vo, plus Harding (George L. & Kroepelien, Bjarne) , The Tahitian Imprints of the London Missionary Society 1810-1834, Oslo, 1950, Kroepelien's signed presentation inscription to Charles Fox to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous travel reference and related including some booksellers' catalogues (Qty: 3 shelves)
Rubens Santoro (Italian, 1859–1942)A Venetian Canal, with Saint Mark's Basilica in the DistanceSigned 'Rubens Santoro' bottom right, oil on canvas44 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (112.4 x 85.1cm)PROVENANCE:Private Collection, Virginia.NOTE:Rubens Santoro was a skilled realist painter born in Mongrassano, Calabria, and son of the painter Giovanni Battista Santoro. He studied under Domenico Morelli at the L'Instituto di Belle Arti in Naples, and later excelled at painting highly detailed, sun-drenched Venetian vistas comprised of blue skies, and shimmering canal waters-often with gondolas and figures-framing historic buildings and landmarks. Here, the viewer is invited to enter the picture plane at lower center, following the canal as it winds into the distance at right leading to Saint Mark's Basilica.
Rubens (Peter Paul). La Gallerie du Palais Peinte par Rubens dessinée par les S.rs Nattier, et gravée par les plus illustres graveurs du temps, Duchange, Paris, 1710, engraved title, engraved advertisement leaf, 25 engraved plates, including three double page, some light spotting and water stains, later half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, sheet size 63 x 59 cm (24.75 x 23.25 ins), large folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe 24 paintings known as the 'Marie de' Medici Cycle' by Rubens were commissioned in 1622 for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, and are now kept in the Louvre.
Mascardi (Agostino). Silvarum libri IV, 1st edition, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, 1622, engraved allegorical title-page after Peter Paul Rubens by Theodoor Galle, final blank (2C4) discarded, title-page slightly soiled, damp-staining to gutter of initial 2 quires (*-2*), first quire (*) with shallow section of erosion to fore edges not affecting text or engraving, a few other marks, 19th-century drab paper boards, worn, 4to (23.6 x 17 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Judson & Van de Velde, Book Illustrations and Title-Pages (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XXI), 48. The 'first book [of] contemporary poetry illustrated with a title-page by Rubens', of which 1,000 copies were printed (Bertram, Rubens as a Designer of Title-Pages, pp. 184 & 60). Ex-Jesuit Mascardi (1590-1640) was a prominent intellectual at the court of Pope Urban VIII.
A mid 19th century Berlin KPM porcelain plaque depicting the Rape of the daughers of Leucippus signed F. Sturmof rectangular form depicting a classical figural scene after Rubens, signed and dated Original Copie F.Sturm, Munchen 60, the rear with K.P.M and sceptre factory mark, mounted within a contemporary Florentine gilt wood frame, the plaque, 33cm high x 39cm wide (2)
An album containing approximately fifty early 20th century postcards to include topographical examples, church scenes and famous painters to include Rubens etc, a similar album containing mainly early 20th century photographs to include wedding photographs, country hunting scenes and military photographs and an early 20th century musical photograph album (af and lacking photographs) (3).
Reynolds (Joshua). A Catalogue of Portraits, Fancy Pictures, Studies and Sketches, by the late Sir Joshua Reynolds ... which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Greenwood, by Order of the Executors, at the Great Room, Saville-Rowe, on Thursday, 14th April, and Two following Days, at 12 o'Clock, 1st edition, [London: no publisher, 1796], bound with: ibid., A Catalogue of the First Part of the Cabinet of Ancient Drawings, which belonged to Sir Joshua Reynolds Deceased ... consisting of a Most Valuable and Chosen Collection of the Works of Michel-Angelo, Raffaelle, Coreggio, Titiano, etc., and of all the Great Masters, their Contemporaries and their Immediate Followers, down to the three Caracci and their Scholars. Together with One Hundred and Forty One Drawings by Rubens, Vandyck, and Rembrandt; which, by Order of the Executors, will be sold at the Prices marked in this Catalogue, by A. C. de Poggi, at his Room, No. 91, New Bond-Street, on Monday, May 26, 1794, and to continue till all the Drawings are sold, 1st edition, London: T. Burton, [1794], 2 works in 1 volume, 11 [1] pp., xxiv 54 [2] pp. (retaining half-title and errata leaf), extra-illustrated with mezzotint proof portrait to front, slight toning, a few faint spots, 19th-century tan calf gilt by Hayday, 8vo (20.4 x 12.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) William Twopeny (1797-1873), lawyer and amateur draughtsman and printmaker (gilt bookplate). 2) Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet (1852-1941), Liberal politician and art dealer (engraved bookplate). 3) Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (bookplate). ESTC T161858 (four copies world-wide) & T30282 (seven copies world-wide).
Schoonhovius (Florentius). Emblemata, partiim moralia partim etiam civilia, 1st edition, Gouda: Andreas Burier, 1618, engraved allegorical title-page (*1 recto), portrait (*6 verso), 74 half-page engraved emblems by Crispijn van de Passe the Younger in the text, shallow tide-mark to upper outer corners, front inner hinge cracked but held by cords, section of front free endpaper excised, title-page with ownership inscription 'H. Rubens 1662' and another contemporary ownership inscription (scored through) to top margin, effaced inscription in image, front pastedown with bookplates of Michael Jaffé and Patricia Milne Henderson and ownership inscription of Michael Jaffé dated 1964, contemporary vellum, soiled, loss to head of spine, ties perished, 4to (19.6 x 15.3 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESLandwehr Low Countries 604; Praz p. 493. 'The emblems have a Latin motto, a Latin stanza of 2-12 lines, and a commentary in prose quoting classic authors, Erasmus and the Scripture' (Landwehr).
Held (Julius S.). Rubens, Selected Drawings, with an introduction and a critical catalogue, 2 volumes (text/plates), London: Phaidon, 1959, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, plus Essays in Northern European Art presented to Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann on his sixtieth birthday, 1983, monochrome plates, original blue cloth gilt, and others on Dutch and Flemish art, including: Christopher Brown, Carel Fabritius, Complete Edition, 1981, Hans Mielke, Pieter Bruegel, Die Zeichnungen, 1996, Christopher Brown, Scenes of Everyday Life, Dutch Jenre Painting of the Seventeenth Century, 1984, Max Rooses, L'Oeuvre de P.P. Rubens, 5 volumes, Anvers, 1886-92, Jeffrey M.Meller, Rubens: The Artist as Collector, Princeton University Press, 1989, Ludwig Munz, Bruegel's Drawings, Phaidon, 1961, etc., mostly original cloth, some in dust wrappers, mainly 4to (Qty: 29)NOTESEx libris Michael Jaffé (1923–1997). Amendment : The 4 Michael Jaffé titles from this lot (Antwerp Sketchbook, 2 volumes and 'Rubens and Italy’, 2 copies) have been withdrawn
ISAAK DUCHEMIN, (FRENCH, FL. MID 19TH CENTURY) AND AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A PATINATED BRONZE MODEL OF THE FAUN WITH CLAPPERS, the figure portrayed in dance, a cymbal held in each hand, his right foot atop a scabellum, the oval base inscribed DUCHEMIN in the maquette, 58cm high NOTE: The marble original of the Faun with Clappers resides in the Uffizi Galleries, Florence, and indeed was first recorded in that city by Albert Rubens (son of the Dutch master) in 1665, having seen the piece in the collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It had been moved to the Tribuna of the Uffizi by 1688. The model was always a popular one, being light hearted and playful, and was therefore much reproduced from the Renaissance onwards. A full-scale bronze version was made by Soldani for Prince Liechtenstein in 1695 and again for the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace, and small versions were produced by Zoffoli and Righetti, -and indeed by many others ever since
English School (20th century) -A still life of fruit in a basket, the fruit including grapes and peaches, pencil and watercolour, 4.25" x 4.25"; together with various prints and watercolours including figurative subjects, a framed Baxter Print of early settlers and American Indians, a sepia watercolour after Peter La Cave, rustic figures with a donkey beside a tree, Oriental watercolour on rice paper depicting flowers and a butterfly, watercolour of harvesters resting against corn stooks, a cottage nearby, signed Tom Lloyd and dated 72 (1872) an oil painting signed Bennetts depicting anemones in a brown bow, a facsimile print after Sir Peter Paul Rubens depicting a series of head studies, coloured print of a court of alms with Latin text with various photographs and other pictures all contained within a box, various sizes, and a small mirror (a collection)
HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-) and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-) signed Christmas card 1961, colour photographic print, signedWith two embossed crowns to cover, a colour photographic print to the interior of The Holy Family with Saint Francis, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Windsor Castle), signed in ink 'Elizabeth' and 'Philip' and dated 1961.
FOURTEEN DAVID WILSON LIMITED EDITION MOTOR RACING PRINTS, comprising the Jordan-Honda EJ11 Heinz Harald Frentzen, No.5/10, approximately 59.5cm x 42cm, the Jordan Peugeot 197 Ralf Schumacher and Giancarlo Fisichella, No.325/650, the Jordan-Mugen Honda 198 Damon Hill, No.526/650 both approximately 63cm, the Jordan-Peugoet 195 Rubens Barricchello, No.1/250, the Jordan-Peugoet 196 Martin Brundle, No.1/250, the Jordan-Yamaha 192 Maurice Gugelmin, No.1/250, the Jordan-Hart 194 Rubens Barricchello, No.1/250, the Jordan-Honda EJ11 Race Tribute Car Jean Alesi, No.1/10, the Jordan-Honda EJ11 Heinz Harald Frentzen, No.050/650 and the Jordan 191 Michael Schumacher, No.050/650, approximately 59.5cm x 42cm, all bar one have pin holes in the corners, all rolled, please note the different spelling of Peugeot
Rubens Barrichello signed 20x10 mounted Ferrari signature piece includes Ferrari Livery Colour photo and signed album page mounted to a high standard. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (Dutch 1596-1656) - View of a Town near a River, oil on oak panel, signed and dated 1641 lower left, framed as an oval, 41 x 54.5cm, with label verso stating provenance from the Markham Collection 'Henry Doetsch, esq. 1895, Maurice Ruffer, esq. 1932, literature Dr. C. Hofstede de Groot's Catalogue of Dutch Painters volume VIII. No.936' Provenance: Consigned from the estate of a local family of Dutch heritage, who acquired the painting in the 1950s/60s.Notes: Van Goyen was a prolific landscape artist of the 'Dutch Golden Age'. He was famously influential and numbered Jan Steen amongst his students (who also became his son-in-law). Doetsch (1839-1894) - German born industrialist who lived in London. An enthusiastic art collector who regularly opened his home and gallery to interested parties. After his death Christie, Manson & Woods conducted the hugely successful sale of his art collection which included Rubens, Titians, Holbeins, van Dyck’s and Durer’s amongst many others. Some of the paintings were acquired by the Royal family and many are now in public collections. Ruffer (1857-1935) - French-born British banker. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930) - Dutch art collector, art historian and museum curator. He produced ten volumes of catalogue raisonneé covering the Dutch Masters, which were essentially updates of John Smith’s earlier volumes.One-piece panel very good.No splits or fine shrinkage cracks.Picture has been cleaned back at some point, has light varnish finish all over.Paint good and stable all over, no craquelure or breaking out.UV lamp shows light touching-in all over, with heavier spots in some areas (notably to sky) – no touching-in visible to the naked eye.Later gilt frame, tarnished but complete.
Rubens (Peter Paul, 1577-1640). Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men, [Antwerp], 1638, the set of 12 copper engravings on laid paper by Paulus Pontius, Lucas Vorsterman, H. Withoue and B. a Bolswert after Rubens, very good, strong impressions, with good margins, some very light marginal spotting (generally in very good, clean condition), bookplate of Michael Jaffé to front pastedown, near-contemporary sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and minor wear to joints and outer corners, large slim folio (37.5 x 27.5 cm, 14.75 x 10.8 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Gift inscription to front endpaper dated Christmas 1961 'To Michael from Tim. From the Earl of Pembroke's library, Wilton House, a selection of which was sold at Sotheby's on 27 November 1961: this volume formed part of lot 135.'. First edition of the complete set of twelve engravings based on drawings by Rubens after antique busts, engraved under Rubens' close supervision, possibly from sculptures in the artist's own collection. The subjects are: Socrates, Plato, Demosthenes, Democritus, Sophocles, Hippocrates, Julius Ceasar, Nero, Scipio Africanus, Cicero, Seneca, and Marcus Brutus.
Rubens (Peter Paul). Musée du Louvre. Galerie de Rubens dite du Luxembourg composée des vingt-quatre tableaux de la vie de Marie de Médicis gravés sur acier par les premiers artistes avec leplus beau portrait de Rubens dessiné et gravé par Leclerc, ouvrage accompagné d'un texte descriptif... par S. de Saint-Planchez, Paris, Gustave Guerin, [1882], 40 pages of printed text, 24 engraved plates on india paper paintings by Rubens, each with accompanying leaf of descriptive text, a few leaves loose, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco, gilt decorated spine, a few minor marks and minor wear to exremities, large folio (49 x 33 cm, 19.25 x 13 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
NO RESERVE Dutch & Flemish Art.- Held (Julius S.) Rubens: Selected Drawings, 2 vol., 1959; The Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens: A Critical Catalogue, 2 vol., Princeton, 1980 § Jaffé (M.) Rubens: Catalogo Completo, translated by G.Mulazzani, Milan, 1989 § Brown (C.) Van Dyck, Oxford, 1982;Van Dyck Drawings, 1991, illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, the first and third also with slip-cases; and 11 others on Rubens and Van Dyck, some catalogues, 4to & 8vo (18)
CATALOGUES - COLLECTIONS[VILLIERS (GEORGE] A Catalogue of the Curious Collection of Pictures of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. In Which is Included, the Valuable Collection of Sir Peter Paul Rubens. With the Life of George Villiers... by Brian Fairfax, 2 additional engraved portraits of Villiers, off-setting onto title, armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, early twentieth century green straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e., W. Bathoe, 1758--Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens, engraved title-page, 32 engraved plates and plans (a few folding, one strenthened on verso), contemporary half morocco, J. Seeley, 1797--FORSTER (HENRY RUMSEY) The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated, David Bogue, 1848--The Hamilton Palace Collection. Illustrated Priced Catalogue, Remington, 1882--LANGDON (WILLIAM B.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, Now Exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, first English edition, 8 wood-engraved plates, for the Proprietor, 1842--SMITH (CHARLES ROACH) Catalogue of the Museum of London Antiquities, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to Mr. Joseph Parish (September 25 1855), 16 plates, for the Subscribers, 1854--Third Annual Report of the Regents of the University, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History... Revised Edition, 27 plates (17 coloured, 2 loose, some spotting), Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850--Catalogue of the Bradford Exhibition of Specimens of Natural History, Paintings, Sculpture... for the Benefit of the Building Fund of the Mechanic's Institute, second thousand, drop-head title, some spotting, modern boards, [?Bradford, no date]--MERSON (MARION DU) Histoire du cabinet des médailles, antiques et pierres gravées, half-title, contemporary half red morocco, Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1838--LANDON (C.P.) A Collection of Etchings from the Most Celebrated Ancient and Modern Productions in Painting... Preserved in the Louvre, Paris, 72 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbedW.T. Gilling, 1821--ROTH (HENRY LING) Great Benin. Its Customs, Art and Horrors, 275 (mostly) photographic illustrations, Halifax, F. King, 1903--BRITISH MUSEUM. [Meeting of the Committee... Report], drop-head title ('Private'), 6 folding hand-coloured photolithographed plans, lithographed letter of invitation to a BL committee meeting signed in ink by Antonio Panizzi, Principal Librarian, dated 4 February 1862, loosely inserted 2-page letter (dated 17 March 1795) from John Parkinson of the Leverian Museum, contemporary calf, [no publisher, 1862], unless otherwise stated publisher's cloth, some rubbing, 8vo and small 4to; and 3 others (15)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
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