Two Karel Dujardin’s etchings, “Peasant Family” & “Sheet of Studies with Heads”, 1652–59

Karel Dujardin (aka Karel Du Jardin; Carel Dujardin; Carel du Jardin; Bokkebaart) (1626–1678)

(left) “Peasant Family”, 1652–59, etching on fine laid paper; size: (sheet) 6.3 x 5.5 cm; inscribed in plate: (upper left) “K.DV.I.”, (lower right corner) “43”; published in Paris by Naudet (fl.1778–1829) in an 18th century edition; state iii (of iii); Hollstein Dutch 43, TIB 43. The Rijksmuseum offers a description of this print: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.447741.

(right) “Sheet of Studies with Heads”, 1652–59, etching on fine laid paper; size: (sheet) 5.3 x 6.3 cm; inscribed in plate: (lower right corner) “44”; published in Paris by Naudet in an 18th century edition; state iii (of iii); Hollstein Dutch 44, TIB 44. The Rijksmuseum offers a description of this print: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.38377.

Condition: strong and well-printed impressions trimmed around the platemark and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. Both prints are in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this pair of etchings featuring sensitively executed studies of rural folk, for the total combined price of AU$316 (currently US$207.39/EUR191.63/GBP163.65 at the time of this listing) including Express 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 interesting pair of small etchings numbered sequentially as plates 43 and 44, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Karel Dujardin’s etching, “Landscape with Donkey and Two Sheep”, 1653

Karel Dujardin (aka Karel Du Jardin; Carel Dujardin; Carel du Jardin; Bokkebaart) (1626–1678)

“Landscape with Donkey and Two Sheep” (aka “Heuvellandschap met huizen en ezel en twee schepen” [Rijksmuseum title]; “L’âne entre deux moutons” [Bartsch title]), 1653, plate 32, etching on laid paper trimmed within the platemark at top with loss of the artist’s name, inscribed in ink verso ex-collection Naudet (fl.c1769–1810) (Naudet [Lugt 1937]) with the date “17[90”.

Frits Lugt in “Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes” (Fondation Custodia) offers the following information regarding this collector:

(transl.) “NAUDET (circa 1800), printmaker, established in the Louvre, Paris. […] Naudet is the printmaker who figures among the guests of the “Meal given on March 7, 1806 by the Mds d'Estampes de Paris, to their Confrère and their friend Le Clerc” (anonymous engraver of the time). He used to sign on the back the beautiful prints that passed through his hands. We see his signature accompanied by vintages varying from 1769 to 1810. He is probably from the family of Joseph Naudet, who was professor, and director of the Royal Library from 1840 to 1860 (http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/8618).

Size: (sheet) 16.5 x 22.5 cm.

Numbered in plate: (lower right corner) “32”.

Hand-inscribed in brown ink verso: “Chez Naudet M[archand] & D[’]estampes au Louvre 17[9]0”.

State ii (of iii) with the addition of the plate number.

TIB 1.32 (184) (Leonard J Slatkes [ed.] 1978, The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists, vol. 1, New York, Abaris Books, p. 202, cat. no. 32 [184]); Hollstein Dutch 32 ii.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Landscape with an ass between two sheep, two trees in left foreground, a resting ass with head turned to the right at right, flanked by resting sheep, a group of buildings surrounded by trees in the mid-distance, a mountain in background; second state with number. 1653 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-885).

See also a description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.38348.

Condition: a remarkably strong and near faultless impression, trimmed within the image borderline with significant loss of the upper sky area including the artist’s name. Beyond this major issue of loss, the sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing and with an important hand-written collector’s note verso.

I am selling this superb impression with a hand-written inscription verso that I understand was once in violet ink, but has faded now to brown, testifying that this print was part of the ex-collection of the famous art collector, publisher and dealer Naudet—see biographical details offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG39925—for the total cost of AU$242 (currently US$155.03/EUR158.18/GBP138.84 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 extraordinarily beautiful etching with its plunging view to what I see as an Italianate villa (forgive me if I am wrong about this), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Karel Dujardin’s etching, “Man and Two Donkeys by a Stream”, 1660

Karel Dujardin (aka Karel Du Jardin; Carel Dujardin; Carel du Jardin; Bokkebaart) (1626–1678)

“Man and Two Donkeys by a Stream” (“Le goujat et les deux ânes” [Bartsch title]), 1660, plate 19.

Etching on laid paper trimmed around the platemark with a thread margin and hand-inscribed in ink verso ex-collection Naudet (fl.c1769–1810) (Naudet [Lugt 1937]) with the date 1790.

Frits Lugt in “Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes” (Fondation Custodia) offers the following information regarding this collector:

(transl.) “NAUDET (circa 1800), printmaker, established in the Louvre, Paris. […] Naudet is the printmaker who figures among the guests of the “Meal given on March 7, 1806 by the Mds d'Estampes de Paris, to their Confrère and their friend Le Clerc” (anonymous engraving of the time). He used to sign on the back the beautiful prints that passed through his hands. We see his signature accompanied by vintages varying from 1769 to 1810. He is probably from the family of Joseph Naudet, who was professor, and director of the Royal Library from 1840 to 1860 (http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/8618).

Size: (sheet) 14.4 x 18 cm; (image borderline) 14 x 17.7 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper left corner) “K. DV. IARDIN / 1660 fec”; (lower right corner) “19”.

Hand-inscribed in brown ink verso: “Chez Naudet M[archand] & D[’]estampes au Louvre 1790”.

State ii (of ii) with the addition of the plate number.

TIB 1.19 (175) (Leonard J Slatkes [ed.] 1978, The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists, vol. 1, New York, Abaris Books, p. 189, cat. no. 19 [175]); Hollstein 19.II.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“The packer and the two asses by a river. Landscape with a man seen from behind and an ass standing near another resting, a crooked tree in left foreground, a rocky outcrop at left and a low waterfall at right surrounded by trees and shrubbery; second state with number. 1660 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-853).

See also a description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.38316.

Condition: a remarkably strong and near faultless impression, trimmed with a thread margin. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing with a hand-written collector’s inscription in ink verso.

I am selling this superb impression with a hand-written inscription verso that I understand was once in violet ink, but has faded now to brown, testifying that this print was part of the ex-collection of the famous art collector, publisher and dealer Naudet—see biographical details offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG39925—for the total cost of AU$251 (currently US$194.4/EUR159.56/GBP137.31 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 extraordinarily beautiful etching with its interesting composition featuring a V-shape created by leaning trees and a rocky outcrop drawing attention to the somewhat diminutive muleteer resting beside a stream, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Karel Dujardin’s etching, “Landscape with Two Muleteers”, 1656

Karel Dujardin (aka Karel Du Jardin; Carel Dujardin; Carel du Jardin; Bokkebaart) (1626–1678)

“Landscape with Two Muleteers” (Les deux muletiers [Bartsch title]), 1656, plate 20.

Etching on laid paper trimmed around the platemark with a thread margin and hand-inscribed in ink verso ex-collection Naudet (fl.c1769–1810) (Naudet [Lugt 1937]) with the date 179[0?]. Frits Lugt in “Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes” (Fondation Custodia) offers the following information regarding this collector:

(transl.) “NAUDET (circa 1800), printmaker, established in the Louvre, Paris. […] Naudet is the printmaker who figures among the guests of the “Meal given on March 7, 1806 by the Mds d'Estampes de Paris, to their Confrère and their friend Le Clerc” (anonymous engraving of the time). He used to sign on the back the beautiful prints that passed through his hands. We see his signature accompanied by vintages varying from 1769 to 1810. He is probably from the family of Joseph Naudet, who was professor, and director of the Royal Library from 1840 to 1860 (http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/8618).

Size: (sheet) 14.9 x 17.9 cm; (image borderline) 14 x 17.7 cm.

State ii (of ii) with the addition of the plate number, “20” on the lower right corner.

Inscribed on plate: (upper left corner) “K. DV. IARDIN./ 1656 fe”; (lower right corner) “20”.

Hand-inscribed in brown ink verso: “Chez Naudet M[archand] & D[’]estampes au Louvre 1790[?]”.

TIB 1.204 (179) (Leonard J Slatkes [ed.] 1978, The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists, vol. 1, New York, Abaris Books, p. 190, cat. no. 204 [176]); Hollstein 20.II.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Two Muleteers. Landscape with a man in central foreground and driving two mules and some goats towards the right, a tree growing slantwise from right to left in right foreground, an escarpment above a river at centre with a second muleteer and two mules heading left, mountains rise in the distance; second state with number. 1656” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-855).

See also a description of the first state of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.38317.

Condition: a remarkably strong and near faultless impression, trimmed with a thread margin. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing, but there is a hand-written collector’s inscription in ink verso.

I am selling this superb impression with the hand-written inscription verso that I understand was once in violet ink, but has faded now to brown, testifying that this print was part of the ex-collection of the famous art collector, publisher and dealer Naudet—see biographical details offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG39925—for the total cost of AU$251 (currently US$192.86/EUR162/GBP139.56 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) 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 visually arresting composition with its diagonally leaning tree in the foreground and a distant glimpse into rural life in the mid-1600s, 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