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83 LAUWERS, Nicolaes
- Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis, s.d. Etching and tool
engraving after J. Jordaens, 48,5 x 56,5 cm (sm. margins); engr. names and Latin caption. Traces of
adhesive tape in upper corners, sl. brown. otherwise good impression.
€ 120/180
4th state (of 4), with the number “7” in right lower corner. By N. Lauwers (Antwerp 1600-1652),
after a well-known composition by J. Jordaens of which many copies and replicas were made:
Mercury and Jupiter seated at a table in a humble cottage interior, being served by the elderly
couple Baucis and Philemon.
Ref.
Hollstein X, p. 41, 17.
We join
:
Cochin, Charles-Nicolas the Younger
- La mort d’Hippolyte, s.d. Etching and tool
engraving after J. De Troy, publ. Paris, the author, 46 x 59 cm (large margins); engr. names and
title. Sl. brown., more visible on verso. Impressive animated scene. (2 pcs)
84 [Luther]
-
Deutung der grewlichen Figurn Bapstesels
, zu Rom funden. -
Deutung des
Münchkalbs zu Freiberg
/ Doctoris Martini Luthers, 1523. Two woodcuts, publ. Wittenberg.
Strong impression.
€ 100/200
Illustrations of an influential pamphlet “Deuttung der zwo grewlichen || Figuren Bapstesels zu
Rom vnd Munchkalbs || zu Freyberg jn Meyssen funden” written by Martin Luther and Philipp
Melanchthon in which they present monsters as criticism on monastic institutions and their papal
overlords. The pamphlet combines 2 monsters: the creatures they called the Papal Ass and the Monk
Calf.
Ref.
Surekha Davies, Categories of Monstrosity from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
85 MASTER AG
- The crowning with thorns, s.d. Engraving after Martin Schongauer, 14,1 x 10,5
cm (trimmed to the borderline); monogr. “A.G.” in lower central part. Stuck by upper corners under
passe-partout. Sl. brown., corners sl. rounded.
€ 150/200
1st state (of 3). “Inspired by, but not a copy after, Schongauer, whose more formal and symmetrical
composition has been transposed into a vaulted chamber (...)” (Bartsch ill.). Several collectors’
marks on verso.
Ref.
Bartsch ill. 012. Lehrs 12.
86 MASTER AG
- The fifth foolish virgin,
s.d. Engraving after Martin Schongauer,
11,6 x 8,2 cm (trimmed to the borderline
or a little more); monogr. “A.G.” in lower
central part. Stuck by upper corners under
passe-partout. Sl. brown.
€ 150/200
A copy after Schongauer, “in slightly
smaller size (...) faithful to the original
in every respect, except that the garland
does not touch the line” (Bartsch ill.).
Collector’s mark on verso.
Ref.
Bartsch ill.
030. Lehrs 30 (according to a note).
87 MASTER AG
- The third wise virgin,
s.d. Engraving after Martin Schongauer,
11,5 x 7,5 cm (trimmed to the platemark);
monogr. “A.G.” in lower central part. Stuck
by upper corners under passe-partout. Tear
expertly repaired in the dress, old traces on
verso.
Cfr. ill.
€ 150/200
Very rare copy after Schongauer, slighly
smaller than the original but otherwise
nearly identical.
Ref.
Lehrs 78 (according
to a note).
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