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FIRENS, Petrus
- Asia, s.d. Tool engraving, 22 x 27,8 cm (trimmed to the platemark and a little
more in lower part); signed. Underlaid, stuck by corners and edges on a laid paper leaf, under passe-
partout. Sm. wormhole in upper left part, sm. scratch in lower part.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
From a set of 4. Nice allegorical pl. representing a woman seated in a cart pulled by 2 camels,
holding a perfume burner.
Ref.
Not in Hollstein.
398
[Goltzius, Hendrik, after]
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MATHAM, Jacob
- Sarah, s.d. Tool engraving, 22 x 16 cm (small
margins); engr. name “IG inventor” and caption “Effoeto sterilis (...) Sara (...)” by C. Schonaeus.
Stuck by left side. Single pale stain on verso.
€ 125/175
From a set of 3 pl. representing the wifes of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Nice plate.
Ref.
Hollstein
XI, p. 217, 21.
399
GOLTZIUS, Hubertus
- 10 engravings.
€ 200/300
6 (of 9) Muses from the series “The Nine Muses”, c. 1592, 25 x 17 cm; engr. number and sign. in
lower part, lettered in Latin in lower margin, 2 lines in 2 cols. Later impression. Present are: Urania,
Erato, Thalia, Melpomene, Clio & Calliope.
Ref.
Hollstein VIII, p. 34. - Portrait of H. Goltzius, in
profile to right, set in an oval frame, c. 1574, 29 x 20 cm; lettered in the oval border. Used as a book-
illustration. - En ego maturos Autumnus profero fructus (...), c. 1600, 22,5 x 15,7 cm; engr. name in
plate lower r.: “HG. Inue. I.S. sculp.”. Autumn of the series of the 4 seasons. - Allegory of Labor, c.
1565, 21 x 14,2 cm; lettered in lower center “HG Inve”, lower right: “I. Saenreda Sculp.”. Good
copy. Stains of tape on top margin. Later impression featuring a family engaged in scholarship and
industriousness in interior. - Qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto natus ex Maria virgine, s.d., 15 x
10,2 cm; monogr. in lower center.
We join
:
Galle, Ph. after Van Heemskerk, M.
- Hanc popularis Honos (...), 20,5 x 23 cm (trimmed
to the borderline). Later impression? No. 5 of a series of 6 prints published in “Divitum Misera
Sors”. (11 pcs)
400
HAID, Johann Jakob
- Der Vogel Händler = Le Marchand d’Oiseaux. - Die Weinserin = La
Vandangeuse, Augsburg, s.d. Handcol. aquatints, 40,5 x 31,7 cm. Under passe-partout in impressive
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