GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Oude prenten – Gravures anciennes
Largest Collection Album with Heemskerck prints
251 [Flemish]
After Maarten VAN HEEMSKERCK - Album factice with 322
engravings. Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, s.d.
Folio oblong, [2]-360 pp. with 322 engr., mostly signed and numbered (wide
margins, some pl. pasted upon paper, foldings, pl. sometimes in reversed order,
tear in pl., a few sm. lacks of paper at corners). 17th-c. full calf (used).
5.000 / 8.000 €
Unique album of Van Heemskerck’s oeuvre: not only a rare witness to
18th-century collection practices, but also an exceptional source for the
printing business of the Galle family: first, the collaboration between father
Philips and son Theodoor Galle, next Theodoor who started signing prints at
fifteen only and who published an increasing number of prints with his address
from 1596 onwards, and finally, the shift in management when Theodoor became
de facto head of the family at the turn of the century and reissued countless
series of prints from his father’s stock, of which many had previously been
published by Hieronymus Cock. Our album includes 33 complete series, some
undescribed editions such as the «Story of Susanna» first published by H. Cock
but here in an edition by Philips Galle, and 3 mythological companion pieces by
Johannes Galle. An exceptionally rare composition is also an anonymous print
with Perseus with Medusa’s head, Pegasus and the Muses.
1. 1 engr., not numbered. Anonymous. Title print with empty cartouche.
Antwerp, Johannes Galle, s.d.; 1 engr., not numbered, pasted on the same lf,
Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert. After Maarten van Heemskerck. Heraclitus and
Democritus, or admonition to endurance and forebearance. Antwerp, Adriaan
Collaert, c. 1557. 3rd ed. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van Heemskerck), 475.
2. 4 engr. Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The four evangelists.
Antwerp, Philips/Theodoor Galle, c. 1562. Complete series: 2nd state of St.
Mark, St. John and St. Luke, undescribed st. of St. Matthew with address of
Theodoor Galle. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van Heemskerck), 413-416.
3. 29 engr., Philips Galle and Hendrick Goltzius (pl. 33). After Maarten
van Heemskerck and Johannes Stradanus. The Acts of the Apostles (Acta
Apostolorum). Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1582. Title and 28 engr. from a series of
34 plates (missing n. 3, 17, 22, 23, 27, 29), first published by Philips Galle in 1575. The
title, here in 3rd st., was not added until 1582. All pl. are in 2nd st., characterising
Theodoor Galle’s edition. Ref. New Hollstein (Philips Galle), 187-219.
4. 6 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of St.
Peter and St. John. Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1558. Complete series: pl.
1 in 3rd st., pl. 2-5 are previously undescribed st. with the name of H. Cock
erased but still with the date «1558». Pl. 6, in 2nd st. with also the date erased.
Ref. New Hollstein (Philips Galle), 181-186.
5. 8 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of Job.
Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1563. Complete series: pl. 1 in 2nd st., pl. 2-8: 1st
st. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van Heemskerck), 161-168.
6. 8 engr., Anonymous. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of Tobias.
Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1556. 8 from a series of 10 plates (missing n. 7 and
8), in the second edition. pl. 1 in 2nd st., the others: only st. Ref. New Holstein
(Maarten van Heemskerck), 189-198.
7. 4 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of Elijah
and the priests of Baal. Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1567. Complete series:
pl. 1 in 2nd st., pl. 2-4: only st. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van Heemskerck),
128-131.
8. 8 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of
Judith and Holofernes. Antwerp, Philips or Theodoor Galle, c. 1564. Complete
series, before the name of the publisher. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van
Heemskerck), 207-214.
9. 7 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of David
and Saul. Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1556. 7 from a series of 10 pl. (missing
pl. 5, 6, 7). pl. 1 in 2nd st., all others only st. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van
Heemskerck), 94-103.
10. 6 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The Parable of
the Prodigal Son. Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1562. Complete series, 2nd ed.
by Theodoor Galle, all pl. with his address, implying: pl. 1, 4 in 4th st., pl. 2, 3,
5, 6 in 3rd st. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van Heemskerck), 360-365 and New
Hollstein (Philips Galle), 152-157.
11. 10 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of
Daniel, Bel and the Dragon. Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, c. 1565. Complete
series, 2nd ed. by Theodoor Galle: pl. 1-7 and 10 in 2nd st. with his address, pl.
8 and 9: 1st st. Ref. New Holstein (Maarten van Heemskerck), 226-235.
12. 8 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. King Josiah
restores the law of the Lord. Antwerp, before the name of the publisher, c.
1569. Complete series, 1st. ed., all pl. in 1st st. Ref. New Hollstein (Maarten
van Heemskerck), 143-150.
13. 6 engr., Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert. After Maarten van Heemskerck.
The Parable of the King who prepared a wedding. Antwerp, Theodoor Galle,
c. 1558-1559. Complete series, 2nd ed. with most pl. in 2nd st. by Theodoor
Galle. Ref. New Hollstein (Maarten van Heemskerck), 343-348.
14. 2 engr., Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of Tamar
and Amnon: Absolom consoles Tamar and the servants of Absolom killing
Amnon. pl. 5 and 6 from 6. Ref. New Hollstein (Maarten van Heemskerck),
114-115.
15. 4 engr. Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of Jonah.
Antwerp, Ioan Galle?, c. 1566. Complete series, with an undescribed state by
Ioan Galle of pl. 1 and the other pl. in 2nd st. Ref. New Hollstein (Maarten van
Heemskerck), 179-182.
16. 6 engr. Philips Galle. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of John
the Baptist. [Antwerp, Philips Galle], c. 1564. Complete series, 1st ed. Pl. 1:
1st st., other pl.: only st. Ref. Hollstein (Maarten van Heemskerck), 307-312.
17. 6 engr. Anonymous. After Maarten van Heemskerck. The story of Susanna.
Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1563. Complete series, undescribed edition with
address H. Cock changed into Ph. Galle on pl. 1, 4 and 5. Ref. New Hollstein
(Maarten van Heemskerck), 219-224 and New Hollstein (Philips Galle), 87-92.
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