GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Oude prenten – Gravures anciennes
Early first state of Rembrandt etching
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REMBRANDT, Harmensz. van Rijn - The ressurection of
Lazarus (small pl). Amsterdam, 1642.
Etching, 15 x 11,4 cm, laid paper, signed and dated in plate at lower left corner
«Rembrandt f 1642» (wide margins, print tone in the shades, paper sl. soiled).
Stuck under passe-partout, under gilt frame. Not studied outside frame.
800 / 1.000 €
Good early impression of an iconic print by Rembrandt. 1st state (of 2) with faint
cross-hatching in Lazarus’ forehead.
Ref. Hollstein XVIII:72.1. - New Hollstein (Rembrandt) 206.1
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RYCKMANS, Nicolaes. After Pieter DE JODE and Antonio
TEMPESTA - The Story of Jephta. [Amsterdam], Claes Jansz.
Visscher II, c. 1643.
6 engravings, 21,5 x 28 cm, signed and numbered (wide margins). Loose.
150 / 200 €
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170 [Dutch]
SADELER, Aegidius - Portrait of Emperor Matthias of
Habsburg. Prague, Marcus Sadeler, 1614.
Engraving, 69,4 x 44 cm, laid paper glued on cardb. support, signed in plate at
lower centre (sm. repaired tear). Stuck at upper corners under passe-partout.
3.000 / 6.000 €
Complete series, published in the «Theatrum Biblicum»: Jephta is cast out by his
brothers because he is the son of a harlot, his messengers attempt to make a treaty
with the king of the Ammonites, his army defeats the Ammonites, his daughter
dances with tambourines to meet her father on his return from the battle, she
retreats to the mountains, and on the last plate, Jephta sacrifies his daughter.
Ref. Hollstein XX: 1-6.
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SADELER, Aegidius. After Albrecht DÜRER - Virgin and child
in a landscape. Turned to the right.
Engraving, 24,2 x 34 cm, signed «Albertus Durer Almanus inventor, S.C.M.tis
sculptor Aegid. Sadeler sculpsit./ Cum privil S.C.M.tis» (small repair on verso,
trimmed to the platemark). Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
1.500 / 2.000 €
Second state, well preserved, after Dürer’s watercolour drawing, kept in Vienna.
The lively composition of the Virgin playing with the infant Christ in a landscape
full of varied detail reflects the evolution towards the genre of independent
landscape painting.
Ref. Hollstein XXI: 72.
Known as one of the most magnificent portrait engravings of its time, Sadeler’s
portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Matthias of Habsburg surrounds the garland
medallion with a rich array of allegorical figures referring to his reign and to
his personal victories. Underneath the imperial eagle his servents kneel before
the prince, including a group of conquered Turks at lower right. As symbols of
Temperance and Victory, Pegasus is tamed on the left and a dragon is impaled
on the right by a winged female soldier. Latin text in capitals dates and describes
print’s content. 3rd state (of 3).
Ref. Hollstein XXI:310.3.
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