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ROWLANDSON, Thomas
- Abutcher, 1790. Etching and aquatint publ. by Rowlandson, handcol.,
borderline 32,2 x 23 cm, paper 34,4 x 24,7 cm (lower part trimmed, erasing publisher’s name and
date “Jan[uar]y 1. 1790”); signed and dated in the pl. Underlaid, somewhat brown.
€ 120/180
Rather impressive scene: “A butcher, standing removing the intestines of a pig that hangs suspended
from the ceiling of his shop. He grips a knife between his teeth and wears a hat with a lit candle
attached. In the background, another man holding a knife works on a carcass (...)” (Royal Collection
Trust). Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) was an English artist and caricaturist.
427
[Rubens, after]
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BOLSWERT, Schelte Adams
- St. Theresa intercedes for Bernardin Mendozy,
s.d. Tool engr. publ. Antwerp, Gillis Hendricx, 46,4 x 34,5 cm (trimmed to the platemark); engr.
names and Latin caption “Exstimulat Christus Dominus S.M. Tereiam ut opem ferat animae D.
Bernardini Mendozy, ignibus purgatorii detentae (...)”. Some old traces on verso, some tears, one
repaired with scotch.
€ 200/300
2nd state (of 3) with Gillis’ name. Altarpiece made in the early 1630s for the former church of the
Discalced Carmelites in Antwerp, now in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
Ref.
Hollstein III, p. 85, 277.
We join
, after Rubens:
Vorsterman, Lucas I
- St. Lawrence at the stake, 1621. Tool engr., 39,7 x
29 cm (trimmed to the platemark); engr. names and dedic. Marg. tear, paper locally thinner, esp. in
left lower part, sm. lack of paper in lower right corner. 2nd state (of 2) with the letters and dedic. to
Laurens Beyerlinck.
Ref.
Hollstein XLII, p. 84, 88. (2 pcs)
428
[Rubens, after]
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GALLE, Cornelis I
- Crux triumphans et gloriosa, a Iacobo Bosio descripta (...),
1617. Tool engr., 32,7 x 20,9 cm (trimmed to the borderline); engr. names and inscriptions. Locally
pasted on a single sheet. Good copy.
€ 150/200
Beautiful allegorical plate, frontispiece for Giacomo Bosio’s eponymous treatise, publ. Antwerp,
“ex officina plantiniana”, B. & J. Moretus, 1617.
Ref.
Judson, Van De Velde, Corpus Rubenianum,
Book illustrations I, 37.
429
[Rubens, after]
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VAN DEN WYNGAERDE, Franciscus
- [Marriage of Thetis and Peleus], s.d.
Etching, 28,2 x 37,7 cm (trimmed to the borderline); old handwritten identification “P.P. Rubens
pinxit” in left lower corner. Mounted by upper corners under passe-partout. Margins strengthened
on verso, central printer’s crease, tear repaired in lower part, central sm. stain.
€ 150/200
Banquet of the Gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis; during the feast, the goddess of discord
Eris produced the apple of discord, which started the quarrel that led to the Judgement of Paris and
to the Trojan War. After a painting by Rubens. ***See also nr 405 and 422.
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