GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures anciennes – Oude prenten
Complete series of 6 engr., in 1st edition: 1. Gathering the manna. - 2. Moses
smiting the rock. - 3. The battle of Amalek. - 4. Moses with the tables of Law. - 5.
The dance around the golden calf. - 6. The brazen serpent on the pole.
Ref. Hollstein XXI: 60-65.
242 [Flemish]
After Jan SNELLINCK - The twelve prophets. Antwerp, G. De
Jode, 1585.
4 engravings, 21 x 27,7 cm, wide margins, laid paper with watermark, 1 signed
engr. in pl. «Gerar de Jode Excudebat» (toned, sm. tears in upper margin of engr.
with Zacharias). Stuck under passe-partout. Good impression.
250 / 300 €
244 [Flemish]
COLLAERT, Adriaen. After Hendrik VAN CLEVE - 10
landscapes with ruins. 1587.
10 engravings, 19 x 24 cm, numbered (trimmed just on the platemark). Stuck by
corners under passe-partout.
500 / 600 €
Complete series of the «Regionum, rurium, fundorumq, varii amoeni prospectus»
published by Philips Galle.
Ref. Hollstein IV: 39-50 (Hendrik van Cleve) and 535-546 (Adriaen Collaert).
Complete series of the twelve prophets after designs by Jan Snellinck (1549-
1638). The prints represent the prophets Elisha, Jonah, Obadiah, Amos,
Zechariah, Malachi, Isaiah, Jeremias, Ezekiel, David, Daniel and Elijah. Each
standing figure is accompanied by an object or emblem referencing the biblical
text fragment from the Old Testament, printed in the lower margin.Ref.
Hollstein (De Jode). - H. Mielke, ‘Antwerpener Graphik in der 2. Hälfte des 16.
Jahrhunderts. Der Thesaurus veteris Testamenti des Gerard de Jode (1585) und
seine Künstler’, Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 38 (1975), p. 81, cat.nr. 42.
245 [Flemish]
van der BORCHT , Pieter IV - The Story of Elijah and Elisha.
Antwerp, G. de Jode, 1585.
4 engravings, 19,2 x 24,8 cm (wide margins). Stuck by corners under passepartout.
150 / 250 €
243 [Flemish]
After Johannes STRADANUS - [Hunting scenes]. Antwerp, Ph.
Galle, 1594-1598.
11 (of 104) engravings, 20,6 x 26,2 cm, laid paper, signed in plate (somewhat
toned, some foxing, some minor tears without loss to image).
100 / 200 €
Complete series of 4 pl. by P. van der Borcht from G. de Jode’s «Thesaurus
sacrarum historiaru[m] veteris testame[n]ti» with Elisha striking the water
with Elijah’s cloak on pl. 1, Elijah is carried up into heaven on pl. 2, Elisha is
acknowledged as Elijah’s successor on pl. 3 and he is cursing of the children on
pl. 4. All scenes appear in medallions with charming decorative borders.
Ref. Hollstein III: 195-198.
From the series «Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium», designed by Stradanus
(Jan van der Straet), and first printed in Antwerp by Philippe Galle. The plates
are dedicated to hunting, taking place on various continents, with animals as
exotic as leopards but also other, more traditional types of hunting, like the
hunting with hounds, the pigeon hunt or rabbiting. The plates are cut by Jan
Collaert, Adriaen Collaert and Charles de Mallery.
Ref. New Hollstein 521.- Baroni Vanucci 693.
246 [Flemish]
van der HEYDEN, Jacob - Two views of Strasbourg.
2 engravings, 10,7 x 16 cm and 11 x 15,7 cm (1st numbered «1»: wide margins,
2nd numbered «6»: trimmed outside the platemark). Stuck by corners under
passe-partout.
150 / 200 €
Two plates from the series «Views of Strassburg and its Environments» after
Matthäus Merian I, featuring Strasbourg and Arbegast.
Ref. Hollstein XIII A: 2 and 7.
Prov.: Gustave Francotte (Lugt 3196).
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