GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures anciennes – Oude prenten
296 [German]
BEHAM, Hans Sebald - Collection of 11 small prints. C. 1530-1600.
Various sizes and conditions. Stuck under passe-partout.
400 / 500 €
298 [German]
BINCK, Jacob. After Hans Sebald BEHAM - Peasant woman.
C. 1540.
Engraving, 6,1 x 4,4 cm, laid paper, unsigned (trimmed at plate mark). Stuck
under passe-partout.
120 / 180 €
Nice collection of etchings and engravings by and after Beham, which includes
6 plates (5 reverse copies and 1 orig. pl.) from the series «The Peasant’s feast»
(German Hollstein III: 155, 156, 157, 160, 161), Hercules and Cerberus (German
Hollstein III:104.1), «A peasant going to market» (Hollstein III:193, reverse copy).
297 [German]
BEHAM, Hans Sebald - 4 engravings. C. 1530-1540.
Various sizes and conditions. Stuck under passe-partout.
300 / 400 €
A peasant woman going to the market, carrying a goose. A mirrored copy after the
popular print by Beham. Binck worked as a painter, medalist and engraver at the
Danish court and was known for copying after famous German and Netherlandish
printmakers such as Lucas van Leyden, Sebald Beham or Jan Gossart.
Ref. German Hollstein 154.
299 [German]
BINCK, Jacob - Peasant with an egg basket. C. 1500-1568.
Engraving, 5,6 x 3,6 cm, laid paper, signed in the plate with monogram at upper
right corner (trimmed to platemarks). Under passe-partout.
300 / 400 €
1. The Justice of Trajan. Engraving, 10,9 x 8 cm, laid paper glued on passe-partout,
signed with monogram and dated 1537 on the tablet at upper centre (plates worn
around the edges, trimmed within borderline with loss of image at upper edge).
Later, grey impression of 2nd state. Ref. German Hollstein 86.2. - 2. Peasant’s
Feast (1 of 12 pl.). Engraving, 4,7 x 3,4 cm, laid paper, signed with monogram at
upper right corner (trimmed to borderline with bottom platemark visible, sl. toned
paper, min. foxing). Ref. German Hollstein 158. - 3. The wedding procession (1 of 8
pl.). Engraving, 5 x 3,7 cm, laid paper, signed with monogram at upper right corner
(trimmed outside the platemark with sm. margin). Fine uniform impression of
1st state. Ref. German Hollstein 72. 4. Beham, Barthel. Ex Libris of Hieronymus
Baumgärtner. 2nd state. Engraving, 7,2 x 5,6 cm, laid paper, unsigned (trimmed
just within platemarks). Dark impression with good contrasts. Ref. German
Hollstein 89.2. (4 pcs)
Extremely rare small engraving by Jacob Binck, who belonged to the group
of so-called «Kleinmeister». He made copies after Dürer and Schongauer
but also produced a small oeuvre of genre- and ornamental prints. Binck also
worked as an art agent and portraitist for the King of Denmark and Albrecht of
Brandenburg. Only 5 copies of this print are registered in public art collections
today. 1st and only state.
Ref. German Hollstein 153. - Pauli 34.
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