Adriaen
Collaert (c1560–1618)
“Mercury in a Decorative Frame with Grotesques” (aka “Medallion with Mercury
in a Frame of Grotesques”), 1575–1618, from the series of six engravings, “Medallions
with Figures from the Judgment of Paris”; published by Adriaen Collaert (as
inscribed on plate).
Engraving on laid paper trimmed along the platemark and backed with a
support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 9.3 x 13.9 cm.
Inscribed on plate along the upper edge: (centre) “A[..]n. Collaert inv.
sculp. et exc."
Orn Cat I 61.5; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 1676 (The Collaert
Dynasty)
The Rijksmuseum offers a description of this print:
Note that The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a reverse copy of this
print (1600–1630) in which the unidentified printmaker has explored two ways of
treating the decorative frame for the roundel. The MET offers the following
description of the two techniques to create the dark background for the
ornamentation: “One half of the frame is done in blackwork, while the other
half is filled with horizontal hatchings. The print is most likely a unique
piece, made by an artist who was trying out different techniques and studying
their effect.”
Condition: slightly silvery impression with numerous small restorations
that are almost invisible (e.g. the upper left and lower right corners are
replenished and stains in the upper border have been masked). The sheet has
been trimmed along the platemark and is laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium
quality washi paper.
I am selling this sensitively rendered engraving of Mercury/Hermes—the
mythological messenger of the Gods—for AU$310 (currently US$209.80/EUR191.78/GBP170.67
at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the
world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are interested in purchasing this small gem-like engraving, please
contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
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