Hendrik Goltzius’ engraving, “Honor and Opulence”, 1582

Hendrik Goltzius (aka Hendrick Goltzius) (1558–1617)

“Honor and Opulence” (TIB title) (aka “Les richesses et les honneurs”; “Honor and Wealth”; “Eer en Rijkdom”), 1582, plate three from the series of four plates, “Ways and Means to Fortune” (aka “The Rewards of Labour, Industry, Practice and Art”), published by Hendrik Goltzius in Haarlem.

Regarding the series, “Ways and Means to Fortune”, Walter L Strauss (TIB 1982) advises that “Goltzius’s primary artistic concern is the stance and anatomy of the female nude” and proposes that “Antoni van Blocklandt’s influence is manifest” (p. 106, cat. no. [0301].110).

Engraving on laid paper with watermark of Amsterdam (1600), “Coat of Arms Surmounted by Caduceus” (TIB.242-.245; Briquent 5516), with small margins around the platemark.

Size: (sheet) 24.4 x 17.2 cm; (plate) 20 x 14 cm; (image borderline) 18.2 x 13.4 cm.

Numbered and lettered in plate within the image borderline: (upper left) “Honor”; (upper centre) “Opulentia”; (lower left) “3.“; (lower right) “[ligature initials] HGoltzius fecit.”

Lettered in two lines of Latin and two lines of Dutch below the image borderline: “Mutua Diuitiæ et Laus … van beswarē” ([transl. "Here Wealth and Honour are shown in love/ Would that our life be free of sorrow").

A lifetime impression based on the quality of line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate and the date of the watermark (1600).

TIB 0301.112 (Walter L Strauss [ed.] 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists: Hendrik Goltzius”, vol. 3 [Commentary], New York, Abaris Books, p. 107, cat. no. [0301].112); New Hollstein Dutch 201 (Marjolein Leesberg [comp.] 2012, “The new Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450–1700: Hendrick Goltzius”, vol. 1, Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel, Sound & Vision, p. 17, cat. no. 201).

Walter L Strauss (TIB 1982) offers the following description of this print: “The nude man, Honor, is sitting on the ground, crown, scepter, and laurel wreath next to him, while he is gently kissing Opulence, who is holding a bowl of gold coins in her left hand. His foot transgresses the frame. The palm and seascape in the background suggest a Mediterranean setting” (p. 107).

See also the descriptions of this print offered by The Rijksmuseum and The British Museum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.364998  & https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1854-0513-129.

Condition: a well-printed (near faultless) impression with margins around the platemark. Beyond a area of thinning to the margin at lower left, the sheet is in a near pristine condition for its considerable age.

I am selling this lifetime impression (based on the line quality and the paper watermark from 1600) by the almost legendary Goltzius for the total price of AU$622 in total (currently US$440.73/EUR418.93/GBP356.87 at the time of posting 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 masterwork executed towards the beginning of Goltzius’ career as an engraver and publisher, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Marcel Blairat’s etching, “Etude à Ville d'Avray”, 1873

Marcel Blairat (1849–1891)

“Etude à Ville d'Avray” (aka “View of a Pond” [MET title]), 1873, published and printed by Alfred Cadart (1828–1875) in 1873 in Paris as plate no. 192 to “L'Illustration nouvelle par une société de peintres-graveurs à l'eau-forte”, vol. 5; see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85276003/f1 & https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85276003/f18.item.

Etching with pale plate tone on laid paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 45.9 x 31 cm; (plate) 23.9 x 15.8 cm; (image borderline) 21.6 x 13.7 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (upper centre) “Blairat”.

Numbered in plate above the image borderline: (right) “192.”

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “M.Blairat, del. et sculp.”; (centre) “ETUDE À VILLE D'AVRAY.”; (right) “A.CADART Edit,Imp. Rue N^ve des Mathurins,58,Paris.”

IFF 2 (Département des Estampes 1930–, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, p. 467, cat. no. 2).

See also the description of this print (before lettering for publication) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/696651?ft=Blairat&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=1.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression in pristine condition.

I am selling this poetically beautiful etching epitomising the lean towards Japanese aesthetics in late 19^th century France, for AU$203 in total (currently US$146.43/EUR138.25/GBP116.99 at the time of posting 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 elegantly austere panel, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Ricardo de Los Rios & Antoine François Dezarrois’ etchings, “La Maja”, 1902, after Goya

“La Maja” & “La Maja Desnuda” after the paintings, “The Clothed Maja”, 1800–1807, and  “The Naked Maja”, 1795–1800, by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) in the Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid).

Both etchings were published in Paris by Librairie de L'Art Ancien et Moderne as illustrations to Paul Lafond’s (1847–1918) “Goya” in 1902; see https://archive.org/details/goya00lafo/page/20/mode/2up  & https://archive.org/details/goya00lafo/page/24/mode/2up.

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Ricardo de Los Rios (1846–1929)

“La Maja”, 1902, after Goya’s painting, “The Clothed Maja”, 1800–1807, printed by A. Clément (fl.c1887–1892) and published in Paris in 1902 by Librairie de L'Art Ancien et Moderne.

Etching on wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 21.2 x 29.5 cm; (plate) 13.5 x 23 cm; (image borderline) 10.6 x 21 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Goya pinx.”; (centre) “LA MAJA/ (Académie de San Fernando)”; (right) “R. de Los Rios. sc./ Imp. A. Clément_Paris”.

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Antoine François Dezarrois (aka Mâcon Antoine François Dezarrois) (1864–1934/9) (see http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12835/88112)

“La Maja Desnuda”, 1902, after Goya’s painting, “The Clothed Maja”, 1800–1807, printed by Louis Fort (fl. early 1900s) and published in Paris in 1902 by Librairie de L'Art Ancien et Moderne.

Etching and engraving on cream wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 21.2 x 29.3 cm; (plate) 13.1 x 20 cm; (image borderline) 10.4 x 18.1 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Goya. pinx.”/ Revue de l’Art ancien et moderne”; (centre) “LA MAJA DESNUDA/ (Académie de San Fernando)”; (right) “Dezarrius, sc./Imp.L.Fort, Paris.”

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Condition: both prints are strong and well-printed (near faultless) impressions in near pristine condition.

I am selling this pair of etchings after Goya’s famous paintings of the same composition for AU$384 in total for the pair (currently US$272.91/EUR259.21/GBP218.21 at the time of posting 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 curiously wonderful pair of etchings please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Aegidius Sadeler II’s engraving, “Virgin and Child”, c1597 after Albrecht Dürer

Aegidius Sadeler II (aka Ægedius Sadeler; Egidius Sadeler; Gillis Sadeler; Gillis Sadler) (1568–1629)

“Virgin and Child” (aka “The Virgin and Child in a Landscape”), c1597, after Albrecht Dürer’s (1471–1528) watercolour, “Madonna with a Multitude of Animals”, c1503, in the Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna (inv. 3066).

Etching and engraving on laid paper trimmed close to the image borderline with partial loss of the writing edge, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 33.3 x 24.4 cm; (image borderline) 32.4 x 24.1 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower left) “cum priuil S.C. M.^tis”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (centre) “ALVERTVS DVRER ALMANVS INVENTOR”.

State ii (of iv [TIB]) with the addition of lettering but before the reworking of the plate of state iii.

TIB 7201.075 S2 (Isabelle de Ramaix 1997, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Ægedius Sadeler II”, vol. 72, Part 1 [Supplement], New York, Abaris Books, p. 121, cat. no. [7201].075 S2); Holstein Dutch 72-ii (Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer [comp.] 1980, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700: Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : text”, vol., 21, Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co, p. 23, cat. no. 72 ii); Wurzbach (vol. 4) 16; LeBlanc 35; Nagler 92

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Landscape with the Virgin and child seated at centre, several animals in foreground (e.g. dog, beetle, slug, butterfly, dragonfly, fox on a leash, frog, owl in tree trunk, spider crab), an angel addressing a group of shepherds in background at right, a bay with a city in background at left; second state with engraved privilege; after Albrecht Dürer” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1845-0809-621).

See also the descriptions of this print offered by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the National Gallery of Art; the Rijksmuseum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/396823; https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.156072.html; http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.167835.

Condition: a strong impression (possibly a lifetime/early impression based on the quality of the line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate), trimmed close to the image borderline with partial loss of the lower line of text in the writing edge. There are restored tears and a replenished loss of the lower left corner. Beyond these issues, there are no significant stains or foxing and the sheet has been laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this large and important masterwork of engraving by one of the major Flemish old master printmakers for AU$652 in total (currently US$464.10/EUR441.64/GBP370.93 at the time of posting 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 magnificent engraving please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold

Johann Adam Klein’s etching, “In der Campagna von Rom”, 1846

Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875)

“In der Campagna von Rom” (“In the Campagna of Rome”), 1846

Etching on pale grey chine collé on wove paper with full margins and the blindstamp of the Radir Club München (sailing ship in oval [not in Lugt]).

Size: (sheet) 24.4 x 33.4 cm; (plate) 13.8 x 21.3 cm; (chine collé) 13.5 x 20.7 cm; (image borderline) 13 x 20.5 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (centre) “In der Campagna von Rom.”; (right) “[ligature initials: JAK]lein. f: 1846.”

State ii (of ii)

Jahn 352 (C. Jahn 1863, “Das Werk von Johann Adam Klein”, München, Montmorillon'schen Kunsthandlung, pp. 147–48, cat. no. 352 (see https://archive.org/details/daswerkvonjohann00jahn/page/146/mode/2up).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Horse with a saddle on its back in profile to left; bahind it, a man tying a parcel to a pack-horse, which is laden with baskets, a parasol and a turkey; dog to left; mountains in the distance to left” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0503-26).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression. Beyond a spot of thinness on the lower margin, the sheet is in near pristine condition.

I am selling this magnificent museum-quality etching by an artist famous for his insightful rendering of horses for AU$223 (currently US$157/EUR149.23/GBP125.09 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 extra fine depiction of a horse, dog and an over-packed mule crowned with a turkey, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.