GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures anciennes – Oude prenten
Anonymous. After Maarten de Vos. Pl. 2 from the series «The story of Jacob
and Esau», published by Gerard de Jode: Blind Isaac blessing Jacob disguised as
Esau. Ref. Hollstein XLIV: 69.
Philips Galle. After Johannes Stradanus. Pl. from the series «Acta
Apostolorum»: The gentile centurion, Cornelius kneeling before St Peter. Ref.
New Hollstein (Ph. Galle), 208.
136 [Dutch]
BASAN, François. After REMBRANDT van Rijn - Abraham
and Isaac.
Engraving, 12,5 x 16 cm (trimmed outside the platemark). Stuck by upper corners
under passe-partout.
350 / 450 €
The full set of the «Large landscapes», designed by Abraham Bloemaert. First
state without the address of Visscher.
Ref. Hollstein II:279-293.1.
138 [Dutch]
After Abraham BLOEMAERT - Pastorals. Rome, 1629.
Oblong sm. 4to, 16 engr. plt, of which 6 signed in pl. and 5 numbered (browning,
marg. dampstaining in corners, sm. single wormhole in t.-p., sm. ears in pl. 9 and
12 sl. affecting the image). Vellum, blind decorated covers, gilt. title «Inventiones»
on front cover (some sm. brown stains).
800 / 1.000 €
Very rare and early edition of these nice pastoral scenes by the Dutch engraver
A. Bloemaert (1564-1651). The title is signed «Abraham Blomaert Inuen.
I.C. fecit» (not in Hollstein as such – only a later printing by his son Cornelis
Bloemaert (1603-1684), who was active in Rome). These plates are probably
rare Roman copies after the orig. pls. by C. Bloemaert, given their mirrored
orientation. On the title engraving a Latin poem in 3 distichs signed «H. de Roÿ».
Each plate with a single Latin distich (unsigned).
Ref. Hollstein II:27-42.
Reverse copy of Rembrandt’s well-known composition showing Abraham who
beckons his son with his hand raised heavenward.
Ref. Hollstein XVIII: B34.
137 [Dutch]
BLOEMAERT, Frederik. After Abraham BLOEMAERT - Large
Landscape series. Amsterdam, Nicolaes Visscher.
Complete set of 15 engravings, 15 x 22 cm, laid paper, signed on title pl. and
numbered (toned, occ. sm. stains, trimmed just outside borderlines). Stuck by
upper corners on green cardb. paper.
200 / 250 €
139 [Dutch]
Attributed to Abraham BLOOTELING. After Melchior
D’HONDECOETER - Poultry yard. [Amsterdam], G. Valck, c.
1670-1680.
Mezzotint, 28,8 x 38,8 cm, signed «G. Valck excudit cum privilegio» (trimmed to
the borderline). Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.
500 / 600 €
Splendid plate after Hondecoeter, the best-known bird painter of seventeenthcentury
Holland and hence nicknamed the ‘Raphael of birds’. The plate is signed
only with the publisher’s address and the identity of the printmaker is therefore
not clear. The attribution to Blooteling has been suggested for stylistic reasons.
Ref. Hollstein IX: 2 (after Honde coeter) and XXXI: 234 (under Gerard Valck
Excudit).
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