Stefano della Bella, “Fox Standing in Profile Facing Left”, c. 1641

Stefano della Bella (1610–1664)

“Fox Standing in Profile Facing Left,” circa 1641
Plate 20 from the series Diversi Animali (Various Animals), comprising 25 plates including the title plate.

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching on fine laid paper, with a narrow margin around the platemark. The impression is strong and crisply printed.
This is a lifetime impression of state iii (of iii), with the publisher’s address details of Pierre Mariette I (c. 1603–1657) erased from the former state.
The sheet is in excellent condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 8.7 x 11.4 cm
• Plate mark: 8.4 x 11.1 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Lower left: “20 Stef. della Bella fecit”
• Lower centre: “Cum priuilegio”

References:

• De Vesme/Massar 706 (Alexandre de Vesme, revised by Phyllis Dearborn Massar, 1971, Stefano della Bella: Catalogue Raisonné, New York, Collectors Editions, [text] p. 112, cat. no. 706, [ill.] p. 135).
  De Vesme/Massar describes this print: (transl.) “A fox looking to the left. Towards the background, on the left, another fox seen from behind.” (p. 112)
• The British Museum describes this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-0811-597 [BM inv.no. 1877,0811.597].

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AU$266 (approximately US$172 / €149.28 / £131.30), including worldwide express shipping.
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François Jollain, “Title Page of “Animalia ad Vivum Delineata’”, 1688, after Antonio Tempesta

François Jollain I (also known as François Iollain) (1641–1704) and/or in collaboration with François Gérard Jollain (circa 1660–1723)

Note: Some sources cite Gérard Jollain I (also known as Gérard Iollain) (fl. 1630s–1683) as the engraver of this plate. However, the dates associated with this artist do not align with the inscription “1688” on the plate.

Title Page of “Animalia ad Vivum Delineata” (Animals Drawn from Life), 1688, after Antonio Tempesta (c. 1555–1630). Published in Paris by Jollain—possibly François Gérard Jollain, as the publisher’s address corresponds with this artist-publisher—in 1688.

Technical Details & Condition:

Engraved on fine laid paper with partial watermark, trimmed with a narrow margin around the platemark. The impression is strong and well-printed. The sheet is in near-pristine condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 12.7 x 16.5 cm
• Plate mark: 12.4 x 16.2 cm
• Image border: 12.2 x 15.9 cm

Plate Lettering:

On the title banderole:
“ANIMALIA/ ad vivum Delineata et Œr i/ Impressa, Studio et Arte/ Antonii Tempeste/ Livre D'animaux/ Designez et Grauez d’après/ Nature par Ant. Tempeste/ ce vendent A Paris chez Lollain/ Rue St. Jacques à la nfan lessu.”
(Note: the address may refer to the printery at St. Jacques à l’Enfant Jésus, Paris.)
Date inscribed: “1688”.
Please note that there may be minor reading errors in the transcription.

Price & Shipping:

AU$276 (approximately US$178.25 / €154.74 / £136.13), including worldwide express shipping.

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Charles Jacque, “Porte d’Augerge”, 1849

Charles Jacque (aka Charles Émile Jacque) (1813–1894)
“Porte d’Augerge” (Inn Door), 1849
Plate 11 from the series “20 subjects composed and etched by Ch. Jacque” (“20 sujets composés et gravés à l'eau-forte par Ch. Jacques”)

Technical Details & Condition:

An original etching on wove paper, printed in a cool black ink with a subtle plate tone. The impression is strong and well-printed. The sheet is in near-pristine condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 20.9 x 24.3 cm
• Plate: 15.3 x 17.4 cm
• Image borderline: 12.6 x 15 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Upper left corner: “Ch. Jacque 1849. X^bre.^”

References:

• Guiffrey 88 (J.-J. Guiffrey 1868, “L’Oeuvre de Ch. Jacque: Catalogue de ses Eaux-Fortes et Pointes Sèches”, Paris, Lemaire, pp. 63–64, cat. no. 88 [see https://archive.org/details/luvredechjacque00guifgoog/page/n74/mode/2up])

Guiffrey describes this scene: (transl.) “In front of the door of an inn, raised a few steps above street level, is a rider in a smock on a rustic saddle, holding his hat and whip in his right hand and bringing to his mouth the glass the girl has brought him. Above the inn door, a sign from which hangs a pitcher. At the bottom of the stairs, a broken jug. In the background, to the left, the thatched cottages of a village and in front of them, three peasants and two hens.” (pp. 72–73)

• IFF 235 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1960, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: HUMBLOT–JYG”, vol. 11, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, p 112, cat. no. 235 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489301d/f124.item])
• The British Museum gives a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0802-88 (BM inv. no. 1851,0802.88).

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AU$269 (approximately US$173.73 / €159.81 / £132.64), including worldwide express shipping.
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Crispijn de Passe I, “Emblem 77”, 1611

Crispijn de Passe I (also known as Crispin van de Passe) (1564–1637)

“Emblem 77,” 1611
This engraving was originally published in Cologne by E Musaeo Coelatorio Crispiani Passaei in Gabriel Rollenhagen’s “Nucleus Emblematum Selectissimorum: Quae Itali Vulgò Impresas Vocabant: Priuata Industria, Studio Singulari, Vndiq[ue] Conquisitus, Non Paucis Venustis Inventionibus Auctus…” (“A nucleus of the most select emblems: what the Italians commonly call enterprises: private industry, singular study, all acquired, increased by not a few charming inventions...”). For reference, see https://archive.org/details/nucleusemblematu00roll/page/n206/mode/1up.

The plate was later reprinted by Augustine Mathews and published in London by Henry Taunton in 1624, and subsequently by John Grismond in 1635. It appears as illustration number 27 (XXVII) on page 89 of George Wither’s “A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne: Quickened VVith Metricall Illustrations, Both Morall and Divine: And Disposed Into Lotteries, That Instruction and Good Counsell May Be Furthered by an Honest and Pleasant Recreation.” For reference, see https://archive.org/details/collectionofembl00withe/page/88/mode/2up.

Technical Details & Condition

Engraved on laid paper, the artwork is trimmed around the plate mark and backed with a support sheet to ensure stability. The sheet remains in very good condition considering its age, exhibiting only minor signs of age-toning. It is free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

Sheet: 13.8 x 10.4 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Upper right corner: “77”
• Bordering the roundel image: “DEVS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT” (transl. “God has granted us these times of leisure”)
• Below the image border: “O Judæe, Deus nobis hæc otia fecit, Nolebas, vellet cuni facere illa tibi.” (transl. “O Jew, God has made these eases for us, You did not wish, when He would have done them for you.”)

Price & Shipping:

AU$271 (approximately US$174.48 / €151.22 / £133.45), inclusive of worldwide express shipping.
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