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Première vacation ~ Eerste sessie ~ First session
29 avril ~ 29 april ~ 29 April
OUDE TEKENINGEN EN GRAVURES
DESSINS ET GRAVURES ANCIENS
1 [Beham, Hans Sebald, after]
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11 sm. engravings
, s.d. Incl. 8 identified and 3 not identified in
Bartsch, +/- 5 x 3,5/7,5 cm; 3 monogr., 3 with a different monogr. Stuck by corners under passe-
partout. Generally in good condition.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1500/2000
Reverse copies of Bartsch VIII 100 (Hercules and Cerberus, upper part defect.), 166 (2 musicians),
168 (2 peasants dancing), 170-172 (id.), 176 (“Ich wil auch mit”), 191 (peasant going to the
market). Not identified: a woman between 2 men of which one playing pipe (monogr. “ISB”), 3
“military” putti (monogr. “ISP”), 2 musicians (monogr. “CB”).
2 BEHAM, Hans Sebald
- Pacientia, 1540. Tool engr., 10,5 x 7 cm (trimmed to the platemark); engr.
name, title and date. Small paper flaw in the left side, faint traces on verso. Nice copy.
€ 150/200
Beautiful allegorical representation of “Patience” as a winged woman huging a lamb. Monogr.
stamp Birmann & Söhne on verso (Lugt suppl. 414c).
Ref.
Bartsch VIII, 138.
3 [Bible illustrations]
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35 engravings
, 17th c. Publ. Amsterdam, Visscher, +/- 20,5 x 24,5 cm (large
margins); engr. names and numb. Formerly bound. Some marg. tears or traces of use otherwise good
general condition.
€ 700/1000
Part of a pictorial Bible (N.T.), after different artists (J. Breugel, P. Bril, M. Van Heemskerck, M. De
Vos, or not signed). Representation of the parable of the Good and Bad Seed (n. 1-4), of the Good
Samaritan (n. 1-4), of the Beatitudes (n. 1-8), of the Miracles (n. 1-12 + 1 not numb.) and 6 pl. (n.
1-6) picturing various words of the Lord (the Publican and the sinner prayer, Martha and Mary, the
Stoning of Magdalene, the Poor widow, etc.).
4 [Bible illustrations]
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KILIAN, Philipp Andreas
- Picturae chalcographicae historiam Veteris
Testamenti a Mose ad Prophetas (...) = Historische Abbildungen der Geschichten Alten Testaments
von Mose bisz auf die Propheten [and: Picturae (...) Novi Testamenti]. Augsburg, Ph. J. Kilian, [c.
1758], 4to, later half cloth (rubbed), marbl. paper on covers, red edges (lacking N.T. title and printed
prelim. ff.; somewhat spotted, 1st ff. soiled, last ff. dampstained, title stained with loss of blank top
corner, underlaid). Good copy.
€ 200/300
Popular Bible illustrations:
127 (of 130?) numb. engravings
(77 O.T., 50 N.T.) by Kilian (Augsburg
1714-1759) after Jordaens, Van Dyck, Rubens, Poussin, Luyken, Picart etc.
5 [BOLDRINI, Niccolò]
- [Samson and Delilah], c. 1540-1560. Woodcut after Titian, 31 x 50 cm
(trimmed to the borderline); not signed. Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout. Formerly
underlaid, some visible tears and split., dampstain in upper left part, etc. Still an impressive plate.
€ 200/300
Rare woodcut by N. Boldrini (c. 1500–c. 1566), Italian engraver of the Renaissance. His prints are
chiefly after Titian.
6 [Bruegel the Elder - iconography]
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3 engraved portraits
. Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
€ 125/175
Petro Bruegel, pictori
(...), s.d., publ. Antwerp, Th. Galle, 20 x 12,2 cm (large margins); engr.
caption by D. Lampsonius, number 19 in upper right corner. From the 4th ed. of “Illustrium quos
Belgium (...) pictorum effigies”. Good copy. -
Sadeler, Aegidius
- Petrus Bruegel ex Ambivaritis
Belga pictor (...), 1606, after B. Spranger, 29,7 x 20,5 cm (trimmed to the borderline). Central




