Anton Joseph Prenner, “Mountain Landscape with Town”, 1728, after Paul Bril

Anton Joseph Prenner (Antonio de Brenner; Anton Joseph von Prenner; Anton von Brenner) (1683–1761)

“Mountain Landscape with Town”, 1728, after a painting by Paul Bril (Paulus Brill; Paolo Brillo) (c.1553/4–1626), plate 26 from the series, “Theatrum Artis Pictoriae” (aka “Prenner Gal Vienne”; “Galerie Impériale de Vienne”), reproducing a painting from the Imperial collection in Vienna’s Belvedere (The Imperial Gallery of Paintings). The etching is printed from two plates—an outer decorative frame plate and an inner image plate—on heavy buff laid paper and hand-coloured in the early 18th century. 

Size: (sheet) 31.2 x 38.2 cm; (outer plate mark) 25.2 x 31.5 cm; (outer image borderline) 24.1 x 31 cm

Numbered in plate within the image borderline: (upper left corner) “26.”

Lettered in plate below the inner image borderline: (left) ALT:23 LAT:35.”; (centre) “Paul Bril Pinx”; (right) “PRENNER. INCIDIT.”

Inscribed by an old hand in brown ink below the image at left: “130”.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print (without colouring): “Plate 26: Landscape with a sunrise over a valley, a group of figures resting in lower left, a village built against a mountain at right; within separately printed decorative frame; after Paul Bril; from a series of reproductions of the Imperial Gallery of Paintings in Vienna. 1728/ Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1850-1021-109).

Condition: Strong, well-printed impressions of both plates. The early hand-coloured watercolour is fairly crude up close but appears vibrant and unfaded from a distance. The sheet is in excellent condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or stains.

Price & Shipping: AU$253 (approx. US$164.57 / €140.94 / £122.42), including worldwide express shipping.

Please note: Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

Interested in this unique hand-coloured etching—possibly by a contemporary artist from the time of publication? Contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com for a PayPal invoice and an easy purchase process.

Raphael Sadeler I’s etching and engraving, “Coastal Landscape with Sailing Ship”, c.1590, after Paul Bril

Raphael Sadeler I (1560/61–1628/32)

“Coastal Landscape with Sailing Ship” (aka “Kustlandschap met Zeilschip” [Rijksmuseum title]; “View of a Seaport” [TIB title]), c.1590, after a drawing by Paul Bril (c1553/54–1626) in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. 20983).

Etching and engraving on laid paper with a narrow margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 21 x 28.1 cm; (plate) 21.6 x 27.4 cm; (image borderline) 19.8 x 27.3 cm.

Inscribed in plate at lower right: “Paulus Bril inuentor Raphael Sadeler Scalp.”

Lifetime impression; state i (of iii) before the addition of the details for Visscher as publisher in the second state and the address for Gerard van Keulen in the third state.

TIB 7101.199 S1 (Isabelle de Ramaix [ed.] 2007, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Raphael Sadeler I”, vol. 71, Part 1 [Supplement], Abaris Books, p. 287, cat. no. [7101].199 S1); Wurzbach, no. 125,1; Hollstein 1980, vol. 21, no. 217; Edquist, p. 318, no. 47b.

See also the description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.168900.

Note that the British Museum does not have a copy of this print but has a version of it in reverse by an unidentified hand; see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_D-7-108.  

Condition: a strong, well-printed and near faultless impression (but note that there is a small circular mark/stain in the sky at upper centre) in an excellent condition trimmed close to the platemark. The sheet has been laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wider margins.

I am selling this exceptionally rare and very beautiful, museum quality, first state, lifetime impression for AU$407 in total (currently US$264.44/EUR243.67/GBP208.44 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 marvellous print that is arguably one of the best examples of a harbour scene rendered with theatrical drama of the period style known as Mannerism, 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

Jan Sadeler I’s (attrib.) engraving, “River Landscape with Island and Round Tower”, 1593

(Attrib.) Jan Sadeler I (aka Johannes Sadeler; Johann Sadeler) (1550–1600)

“River Landscape with Island and Round Tower” (Rijksmuseum title) (aka “Landscape with a Castle on a Rock to the Left” [TIB title]), 1593, possibly after a lost drawing by either Paul Bril (aka Paulus Brill; Paolo Brillo) (1553/4–1626) or Lodewijk Toeput (aka Ludovico Fiammingo; Ludovico Pozzoserrato; Lodewijck Toeput; Lodovico Pozzo da Treviso) (c1550–1603/5), published by Jan Sadeler I in Antwerp.

Engraving on laid paper with watermark (Italian 16^th century [1590–] “Anchor in Circle with Trefoil above” [see https://www.refaiya.uni-leipzig.de/texts/Watermarks_Refaiya.pdf]) trimmed close to the image borderline.

Size: (sheet) 22.5 x 27.9 cm.

Inscribed on plate along lower edge: (left) “Joan Sadeler excudit.1.5.93.”

Lifetime impression (based on the quality of the line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate and the 16^th century watermark) of the only state.

TIB 7002.068 (Isabelle de Ramaix 2003, “The Illustrated Bartsch”, vol. 70, Part 3 [Supplement], New York, Abaris Books, p. 267, cat. no. .068); Hollstein Dutch 26, no. 28 (vol. 21); Edquist, p. 202, no. 33b.

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print:

(transl.) “In a river an island with a tower. A rowing boat navigates the river. In the right foreground a staircase”

(http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.216115).

Condition: faultless impression trimmed to the image borderline with remnants of mounting verso. The sheet is in excellent/near pristine condition for its considerable age (i.e. there are no tears, folds, holes, losses, abrasions, stains, foxing or significant signs of use) with a collector’s ink stamp, faded ink drawn marks and pencil notes verso.

I am selling this extraordinarily beautiful lifetime impression attributed by the Rijksmuseum to one of the most famous of the Flemish old masters for AU$433 (currently US$280.34/EUR258.89/GBP225.57 at the time of posting this print) 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 masterwork of 16th century 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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Raphael Sadeler II’s engraving, “Seascape with Christ Walking on Water”, c.1615, after Paul Bril

Raphael Sadeler II (1584–1632)

“Seascape with Christ Walking on Water” (aka “Seascape with Christ and his disciples in the storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee” [Zeegezicht met Christus en zijn leerlingen in de storm op het meer van Galilea]), c.1615 (1599–1632), after Paul Bril (aka Paulus Brill; Paolo Brillo) (1553/4–1626)

Engraving on laid paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 27.2 x 34.4 cm; (plate) 20.2 x 27.4 cm; (image borderline) 19.4 x 27.2 cm.

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “P. Bril inuentor”; (right) “Raphael Sadeler iun. Scalpsit”.

State i (of i)

Hollstein Dutch 50 (Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer [comp.] 1980, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450–1700: Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II”, vol. 21, [text], Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co, p. 278, cat. 50).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Seascape with Christ walking on water in lower right, a ship on a choppy sea at left, St Peter walking towards Christ at centre, smaller boats and a city in background; after Paul Bril”

(https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3097236&partId=1&searchText=Raphael+Sadeler+Bril&page=1).

See also the description offered by the Rijksmuseum:

(transl.) “A maritime landscape. On the left, the disciples of Christ sail over the Sea of ​​Galilee in a boat during a storm. Christ follows them over the water on the left. Peter walks over the water towards Christ. He threatens to drown but Christ saves him”

(http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.169175).

Condition: excellent early impression (based on no evidence of wear to the printing plate), but with a flattened printer’s crease at centre and restored tears in lower margin. Beyond the restoration of tears, the sheet is otherwise in a clean condition with no foxing or significant stains.

Note that this is a second impression of this engraving that I have posted. The previous copy has been sold.

I am selling this remarkably strong engraving showing a sparkling light filled scene following a storm and the miracle of St Peter walking—but sadly also starting to sink because of his lack of faith—on a wind-whipped sea towards Christ who is also walking on water in the foreground, for AU$384 (currently US$258.24/EUR238.08/GBP197.98 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 marvellous engraving of vast space animated with natural and biblical drama, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Raphael Sadeler II's engraving, “Seascape with Christ and his Disciples in the Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee”, c1615

Raphael Sadeler II (1584 –1632)

“Seascape with Christ and his Disciples in the Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee” (Rijksmuseum title [transl.]) (aka “Seascape with Christ walking on the Waters” [BM title]), c1615 (1599–1632), after Paul Bril (c1553/54–1626).

Engraving on fine laid paper trimmed along, or close to, the plate-mark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 20.1 x 27.4 cm; (image borderline) 19.3 x 27 cm

Inscribed on plate below the image borderline: (left) “P Bril inuentor”; (right) “Raphael Sadeler iun Scalpsit”

State i (of i)

Hollstein 50 (Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer & K.G. Boon [eds.] 1980, “Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700”, vol. 21, Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co, p. 278, cat.nr. 50).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Seascape with Christ walking on water in lower right, a ship on a choppy sea at left, St Peter walking towards Christ at centre, smaller boats and a city in background; after Paul Bril”

(https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3097236&partId=1&searchText=Raphael+Sadeler+Bril&page=1)

See also the description of this print at the Rijksmuseum:

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.169175

Condition: crisp impression trimmed along—or close to—the plate-mark with small tears below the image borderline, a closed tear in the dark clouds (upper left) and a few handling marks, otherwise the sheet is in very good condition (i.e. there are no holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing), backed with a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this luminous engraving portraying the moment when St Peter is distracted by an approaching storm and loses faith in Jesus’ instruction that he can walk on water and begins to sink into the sea, for AU$320 in total (currently US$243.76/EUR212.68/GBP188.04 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). (My apologies if my explanation of this scene is flawed and for those needing greater clarity about this biblical event, see Matthew 14:22–33.)

If you are interested in purchasing this remarkable engraving rendered with the theatrical drama of the period style known as Mannerism, 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