GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Oude prenten – Gravures anciennes
348 [Italian]
POND, Arthur. After Pier Leone GHEZZI - Portrait of Dr.
Robert Bragge. 1735-1750.
Engraving, 21 x 32 cm (trimmed just outside the platemark, minor soft creasing,
on warm toned paper). Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.
100 / 150 €
350 [Italian]
VENEZIANO, Agostino. After RAPHAEL - The Cumaean
Sibyl. 1516.
Engraving, 13 x 17 cm (trimmed just outside the borderline). Stuck by upper
corners under passe-partout.
450 / 600 €
Burlesque caricature print of the orthodox Robert Bragge (1665-1738), holding a
cane in his left hand and gesturing with right hand.
Ref. British Museum 2006, U.2125.
349 [Italian]
After Guido RENI - Holy family.
Engraving, 13 x 20,2 cm, signed at lower right corner (trimmed on the border
and sl. into the image at the left margin). Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
200 / 250 €
First state, without signs of the later retouching and without the address of
Antonio Salamanca. This very fine impression shows the Sibyl receiving light
rays into a basket of sand. She attained longevity from Apollo for as many years
as the grains of sand she held.
Ref. Bartsch 14/123.
Early ornament prints by Lafreri
351 [Italian]
Attributed to Enea VICO - Military Trophies. [Rome, A. Lafreri,
1553].
2 engravings, 17 x 25 cm, laid paper with Italian watermark (wide margins, partly
reinforced). Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.
200 / 300 €
Very fine copy after Guido Reni’s «Holy family» featuring the Virgin, seated by a
window with John the Baptist who kisses her hand and with Joseph leaning on
his right arm. As opposed to the original, our copy has the name «Guido Reni»
engraved on the border of the basket at the right.
Ref. Bartsch XVIII: 11.
2 engr. from a series of 16 military trophies where each plate shows 2 trophies
next to one another. Several plates from the series are signed «Ant. Lafrerii
formis 1553», thus referring to the early works published by Antonio Lafreri
after the start of his joint business with Antonio Salamanca who also published
Agostino Veneziano’s ornament prints. The first, pl. 8, has a cuirass seen from
behind and the second, pl. 14, trophies with a breast plate and a ram’s head. Our
pl. 14 does not show Lafreri’s imprint, thus indicating that we may have here an
earlier or later state compared to Bartsch.
Ref. Bartsch XV.441 and 447.
108 • ARENBERG AUCTIONS • 19.10.2019