GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures anciennes – Oude prenten
257 [Flemish]
VORSTERMAN, Lucas. After Peter Paul RUBENS - Bust of
Plato. C. 1620.
Engraving, 9,5 x 13,7 cm (trimmed just outside or on the platemark). Stuck by
corners under passe-partout.
150 / 200 €
259 [Flemish]
WIERIX, Hieronymus. After Albrecht DÜRER - St. Jerome in
his study. 1514.
Engraving, 18,5 x 24,5 cm, lettered below, on image: ‘IR.W.AE. 13’ signed with
Dürer’s monogram and ‘1514’ (trimmed on the borderline). Stuck by upper
corners under passe-partout.
2.000 / 2.500 €
Bust of Plato in a niche, seen almost in profile to right; after an antique sculpture
after Rubens. Companion piece to a bust of Seneca.
Ref. Hollstein XLIII:110.
258 [Flemish]
WIERIX, Hieronymus; WIERIX, Anthonis - 9 engravings.
[Antwerp, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563-1620].
Various sizes and conditions. Under passe-partout.
300 / 400 €
Splendid copy by Wierix, in a first state, of Dürer’s outstanding representation
of St. Jerome in his study with lion and cardinal’s hat beside him. With
window handles and the lock of the chest different from Dürer’s original, but
characteristic of Wierix’ reproduction.
Ref. Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1205. - Hollstein (German) VII: 59.
260 [Flemish]
WIERIX, Johan. After Gerard VAN GROENINGEN - Faith,
Charity and Hope. 1572.
Engraving, 19,4 x 28,6 cm, signed «IHW 1572» and «G.d.Iode excu.» (wide
margins, handwritten note in margin). Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
200 / 300 €
i.a. 1. Mary Magdalene at the cross. Engraving, 9,1 x 6,6 cm, laid paper
(trimmed to borderline with loss of lower text margin). Ref. Mauquoy-Hendrickx
I.355 - New Hollstein (The Wierix family) IV:687. - 2-4. The Visitation (two
copies) and The Presentation of the Virgin. From The Life of the Virgin Series (2 of
12pl). Second state. Engraving, 10,3 x 6,8 cm, signed in lower margin (trimmed
just within platemark). Ref. Mauquoy-Hendrickx I.618.2. - New Hollstein (The
Wierix family) IV:793.2. -5. Portrait of Rudolf II of Habsburg in a lettered oval.
Engraving, 7,5 x 6 cm, laid paper, signed at lower edge (trimmed to border). Ref.
Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1911.
Ref. New Hollstein (Gerard van Groeningen), 149.
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