GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Oude prenten – Gravures anciennes
237 [Flemish]
SADELER , Johannes I. After Hans BOL - The four seasons with
figures of the zodiac on top. [Cologne?, J. Sadeler], 1580.
4 engravings, 21,5 x 29,5 cm (trimmed just outside the border, note in brown ink
on reverse pl. Spring). Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
500 / 600 €
239 [Flemish]
SADELER, Aegidius II. After Albrecht DÜRER - Portrait of a
bearded Apostle. Antwerp, 1597.
Engraving, 35,3 x 22,5 cm, laid paper, signed and dated in lower margin
«Albertus Dvrer Almanvs Fecit Anno MDVIII / Egidivs Sadeler Scalpsit Anno
/ MDXCVII», monogrammed in upper left corner «AD». (trimmed just inside
borderlines) Glued on paper support. Fine grey impression.
200 / 300 €
Engraving made after a now lost woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.
Ref. Hollstein XXI:87.
240 [Flemish]
SADELER, Joannes I. After Maarten DE VOS - The Seven
Planets. Antwerp, 2nd half 16th c.
6 (of 7) engravings, 22 x 24 cm, laid paper (some repairs, trimmed to borders with
text in lower margin preserved, sm. old folds, def. at corners with loss of sm. part
of picture, sl. toned). Stuck by edges under passe-partout.
300 / 400 €
Complete series of the four seasons, underneath each four lines of Latin text.
Winter landscape featuring an old man behind a fire, ice scenes and slaughter
of livestock, under the constellations Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Spring as
a woman in front of large gardens, a homestead, a castle and a pergola, under
the constellations Ram, Taurus and Gemini. Summer with playing children,
shooting birds, sheep shearing and haymaking, under Cancer, Leo and Virgo.
Autumnal landscape featuring a man holding the horn of plenty, the bringing in
of the hay, the harvest and the grape-gathering under the constellations Libra,
Scorpio and Sagittarius.
Ref. Hollstein XXI: 503-506.
238 [Flemish]
SADELER I, Johannes. After Jodocus VAN WINGE - Allegory
of Fame.
Engraving, 12,5 x 16 cm (trimmed to the platemark). Stuck by upper margin
under passe-partout.
200 / 250 €
Allegorical representations of the Planets seated on a carriage overlooking a
vast landscape with cities, harbours and winding rivers. The activities in the
landscape are related to the astrological influence of the planet, e.g. Mars with
war, Mercury with commerce and the arts. Venus is missing from this set.
Ref. Hollstein XXI:523.
241 [Flemish]
SADELER, Johannes I. After Crispijn VAN DEN BROECK -
The Story of Moses, after the Exodus. [Antwerp], G. de Jode, s.d.
6 engravings, 19 x 26 cm (wide margins). Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
750 / 900 €
Fame floating above the globe.
Ref. Hollstein XXI: 486.
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