5700 - 6088 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- First print sl. foxed.; all trimmed just outside the platemark. = Hollstein 53, 56 and 58, all 1st state of 3.
- Hollstein 7 cut to the borderline, lacks the address, number and title of the series below; all other prints cut just/ a few mm. outside the borderline.
= Hollstein 107-112, 1st and only state.
- Browned; 2x w. (closed) tear; mostly w. blank margins tipped onto mount; 3x w. tiny white spots of paint(?).
= Bartsch XVII, 828-839.
AND 1 similar by the same.
- Slightly yellowed; a few foxed spots.
= Hollstein 15, probably the 2nd state (of 3), with the work with the burin. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
AND 2 others after the same, i.a. "Il Filosofo" and a landscape with conversing peasants.
- Printed from a dirty plate. = On 17th century laid paper with unidentified watermark.
AND 5 others after the same, i.a. Peasants smoking (Hollstein 20 and 22).
= Depicting the story of Odysseus after the paintings by Primaticcio at Fountainebleau. Published by Melchior Tavernier, Paris, 1633. Scenes present: 2, 3, 4, 14, 16, 21, 22, 24, 32, 33, 36, 43, 51, 54 and 57.
- Paper mounting tape along margins on verso.
= Shows Rosaspinosa (head of the drawing school and teacher of Giulio Tomba) and his pupils seated at a long table, with several onlookers. The second state of 2 (with the dark shadows added).
= Decorative engraving, proof before letters. Cf. Niermeijer 893: "De ambassadeur der Labberlotten.".
- Doubled; 2 repaired tears in lower margin of text.
= Decorative engraving. Cf. Niermeijer 892: "De ambassadeur der Labberlotten."
AND 3 other engravings.
= Hollstein 27, 2nd state of 2.
AND 4 other similar by the same: Landscape with a man carrying a staff (H.20, 2nd state of 2); Landscape with a brook (H.22, 3rd state of 3); Landscape with two boys, each with a staff (H.26, 2nd state of 2) and Landscape with a boy and a woman carrying a jar (H.28, 2nd state of 2, with the two figures changed into putti, used as book-illustration).
- Trimmed to/ on the borderline. = Nagler 48.
- Cut just outside the platemark.
= Hollstein 15, 2nd state of 3. One of a series of 4, The story of Tobias. With the signature of an unidentified collector on verso.
- Cut on/ just outside the borderline.
= New Hollstein 17, 4th state of 5. One of a series of 4, The story of Tobias. With the signature of an unidentified collector on verso.
- Two vague flattened vertical folds.
= Hollstein 422, only state; cat. Harlemia Illustrata 123 ("behoren tot de oudste en fraaiste stadsgezichten van Haarlem").
- Dark, strong impression, cut a few mm. outside the borderline.
= Hollstein 76, 1st state of 2. From the series showing the 4 Parts of the Day.
- Second print w. restored/ repaired section in upper left corner (partly redrawn); first print two sm. closed tears in upper left corner. Fine impressions.
= Hollstein 342, 343, 346 and 358, all 1st state of 2.
Idem. (Title print "Derde deel" of landscapes series and 2 landscapes). Three etchings, 11x9x18,7 cm., 1x w. the address of C.J. Visscher, 1616.
- Two landscapes both soiled; H.276 laid down.
= Hollstein 256, 2nd state of 4, 267, 1st state of 2 and 276, 2nd state of 4.
Idem. Dilapidated tower and gothic gate. Etching, 12,6x19,7 cm.
- Laid down on mount; sl. browned.
= Hollstein 222, only state. From the series of Landscapes and Ruins (16 prints).
- All prints (sl.) foxed (mostly so in sky area); most etchings (very) vague middle-fold/ wrinkling; nine prints browned/ yellowed and tipped onto mount along left margin; the 3 remaining prints (June, August and September) trifle yellowed and not tipped onto mount. January: restored in upper left corner; April: upper left mounted corner torn off from print (but present on mount) and sm. thin spot to the left of "Aprilis"; May: tiny inkstain (Ø 3mm.) on house in right margin; June: a few thin spots (not visible on recto); July: sm. tear in lower left blank corner; August: tiny restoration in left margin, just touching the borderline and thin spot in churchyard; September: sm. resrtored spot in sky area in upper left corner and below the Zodiac sign, and sm. ruststain in sky area; October: a few tiny strengthened spots on verso (vaguely visible on recto); November: ruststain in lower margin w. caption to the left of "November"; December: two closed tears in lower margin below "December", lower left corner torn off (but still attached to mount), sm. inkstain in lower margin in final words of the caption to the right.
= Hollstein 34-45, the first and only state. The topography of the prints i.a. shows scenes of the Hofvijver The Hague (January), Kampen (February), road from Hillegom to Lisse (March), leprosenhuis at Haarlem (April) and Delfshaven (December). Rare complete set.. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- Laid down on sl. later laid paper; sl. soiled.
= Very rare. Hollstein 524. Part of a series of 14 landcape etchings by an anonymous artist (often attributed to van de Velde), published by Barthélemy Gaultier (act. 1625-1661 in Lyon) and his brother-in-law Claude Savary. Hollstein mentions a complete series in the possession of the art dealer Laurentius (sold by Christie's in 2005). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.
- Ample margins, fine.
= Hollstein 1, 2nd state of 3; Hollstein 2-10, 1st (only) or 2nd state of 2. With the collector's mark of A.J. Lamme (Lugt 138).