5323 - 5647 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- Three plates w. tears closed w. yellowing tape in blank margins on verso (showing on recto).
= Hollstein 377, state 1 or 2 ("Copied in same direction after Vaquer's set, pl. 4").
AND 9 other ornament prints, 17th-18th cent., i.a. after STEFANO DELLA BELLA.
- Dark impression; sm. chip and stain in upper right corner, not affecting the image; trimmed 1 or 2 mm outside the platemark.
= Hollstein and Godefroy 23, 9th state (of 10).
= Hollstein/ Godefroy 2, 5th and final state.
Idem. Peasant in pointed fur cap. Etching, ±1640, 6,8x5,7 cm., "Av.O" in the plate.
- Somewhat grey impression (although the borderline is very dark); ample margins.
= Hollstein/ Godefroy 3, 5th state of 7.
- Sl. foxed. = Hollstein 233. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
- A few small foxed spots/ stains. = Cf. Hollstein 524 (larger size). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Laid down and foxed.
= Rare. Franken 359; not in Hollstein. The series show couples from all over the world in local dresses, combined with astrological signs. These engravings are attributed to Crispijn de Passe II, probably because the plates of the series appear in the inventories of the De Passe firm from 1639 (Veldman, p. 453, nr. 199: 'Twaelf maenden in drachten in 12 plaetgen') and 1653 (Veldman, p. 456, nr. 32). Franken was the first to ascribe the engravings (on the basis of only six plates: described as those 'très belles gravures') to Crispijn II.
Backer, Jacob de (1540/45-1590/91). (Allegory of Taste). Etching, 15x19,6 cm., "Iacob de Backer invenit" in the plate.
- Sl. fingersoiled; trimmed a few mm outside the borderline.
= Hollstein 4, 2nd state of 2. From the series of the Five Senses. According to annotation on the mount from the collection of Fred. J. Bianchi (but withoout his usual stamp).
- Good, dark impression w. small margins. Old flattened middle-fold.
= Hollstein 21, only state. Scene from the history of Elijah.
- Lacks part of lower left corner (repaired). = Hollstein 159.
- Fine and clean copy, in a strong impression.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Focillon 771; Hind 85, prob. the 2nd state of 4 (rare). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Some foxing in blank margins.
= "Michal Plonski, poln. Zeichner, Radierer u. Miniaturmaler (...). Weitergebildet in Berlin, Kopenhagen u. Amsterdam. (...) begabter Graphiker (...)." (Thieme-Becker).
AND 5 other etchings by the same, incl. 3 printed on the same leaf and numb. "4" to "6".
= New Hollstein 675.
AND 24 other portraits of artists, scientists and rulers, i.a. Rogier van der Weyden, Dirk Bouts, Bernard van Orley, Abraham Bloemaert and the Duke of Alva (by Hessel GERRITSZ).
- A few portraits frayed in blank margins, otherwise fine, with ample margins.
= Hollstein, 77-116, the 3rd and final state.
- Hollstein 9 doubled; Hollstein 12 sl. foxed and sl. yellowed.
= The Frisian horse (Hollstein 9, 3rd state (of 3), the tail lengthened. Without watermark); The neighing horse (Hollstein 10, 2nd state (of 2), with the rework of the foreground and church in background. Unidentified watermark; The cropped horse (Hollstein 11, 3rd state (of 3), the tail made thinner. Unidentified watermark (identical to H.10)); The plough horses (Hollstein 12, 2nd state (of 3). Without watermark); The worn-out horse (Hollstein 13, copy with "Ex formis N. Visscher cum. Privil. 6" below lower right corner). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.
- On paper w. unidentified watermark. = Hollstein 12, 3rd state (of 3).
- All prints w. some fading; partly also w. black. stains (from sloppy printing?) in blank margins/ corners and w. whitish spots (from rubbing or silverfish activity); all prints without captions.
= I.a. one of Le Blanc 54-55 (Evening or Morning). "(...) she produced some plates which are etched with spirit and finished in aquatint in a picturesque manner." (Prideau p.57). The print signed "Prestel" shows a landscape with a shepherd returning with his cattle to a village on a hill, with a mill on top of the hill.
- Leather clasp broken.
= Large print stand, with the possibility of displaying large prints when the frontpanel is folded 90 degrees.