GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures anciennes – Oude prenten
201 [Flemish]
COLLAERT, Adriaen. After Marcus GHEERAERTS -
Animalium Quadrupedum. Antwerp, 1597.
Set of 20 engr., 14 x 19,2 cm, laid paper, numbered and signed in pl «Adrian
Collaert fecit et excud.» (trimmed to border). Stuck under passe-partout. Good
impressions.
800 / 1.000 €
Complete set of the first state by Collaert of the four-legged animals. A second
mirrored state was later published in Amsterdam by Visscher. The engravings
depict a wide variety of animals such as elephants, wild horses, dogs, foxes,
sheep, rhinoceroses or giraffes in their natural habitat. The print series enjoyed
wide popularity, not in the least by fellow artists who used these representations
of exotic animals as workshop examples. Orpheus plays his lyre, thus
summoning the animals with his music on the title page.
Ref. Hollstein IV:596-615. - New Hollstein (Collaert Dynasty), 1462-1482:I.
202 [Flemish]
COLLAERT, Adriaen - Animalia quadrupedum: 8 prints.
8 engravings, c. 12,5 x 19 cm, numbered and signed in pl. «Adrian Collaert fecit
et excud.» (pl. 596 with wide margins, the others trimmed on the border, pl. 596:
sl. toned, underlaid, sm. tears without loss) Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
300 / 400 €
Mercury, Juno and a river god. From a set of 6 pl. depicting the godly protagonists
in the Judgement of Paris, in richly orn. frames decorated with grotesques
against a black background.
Ref. Hollstein IV:402-07. - New Hollstein (Collaert), 1676. - Warncke I:242-47. -
De Groot 61.1-3.
Joined: 1. Virgilius Solis - Feast of Bacchus with drunken satyrs, 1524-1562.
Engraving, 5,5 x 24 cm (trimmed on frame line, def. at edges, browned).— 2.
Idem. After George Pencz - Triumphal procession of the Four Seasons, 2 (of 3)
pls. (torn, sl. toned, trimmed on borderline, def. on edges with loss of image).
Mounted under passe-partout. (5 pcs).
204 [Flemish]
COLLAERT, Hans. After Ambrosius FRANCKEN. After
Maarten VAN HEEMSKERCK - The Story of David and Saul.
[Antwerp, G. de Jode], c. 1579.
4 engravings, c. 21 x 29 cm for the first 3 pl. and 20,3 x 25 cm for the 4th (wide
margins for the first 3 pl., small margins for the 4th). Stuck by upper corners
under passe-partout.
100 / 120 €
Collection of 8 engr. from Collaert’s set of quadrupeds, in their first state,
featuring a wide variety of animals such as cows, deer, elephants, horses, etc.
in their natural habitat.
Ref. Hollstein IV: 596, 601, 602, 606, 607, 611, 612, 614.
203 [Flemish]
COLLAERT, Adriaen - [Mythological figures from the
judgement of Paris]. Antwerp, 1580-1618.
3 (of 6) engravings, 13 x 8,5 cm, laid paper (trimmed bellow frame line, sl.
browned). Under passe-partout.
100 / 120 €
The first 3 pl. from the series «The Story of David and Saul» by Hans Collaert
after Ambrosius Francken: David kills Goliath, Saul seeking to smite David with
the javelin, David sparing Saul’s life. The 4th pl. representing «David severing
Goliath’s head» comes from the anonymous series «The story of David and
Saul» after Maarten van Heemskerck.
Ref. Hollstein IV (Collaert): 45.2.
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