Crispin van de Passe II, “Reclining Female Nude”, 1643

Crispin van de Passe II (also known as Crispijn de Passe II and Crispijn van Passe II) (1594–1670)

“Reclining Female Nude” (“Liggend vrouwelijk naakt”), 1643

Technical Details & Condition:

Engraving on fine laid paper with a watermark—possibly French, featuring grapes (see W.A. Churchill no. 478)—and wide margins as issued. This engraving is an illustration from the fifth part (female nude studies) of what may be the largest early drawing book published, “La prima [-quinta] parte della luce del dipingere et disegnare …” (The first [to the fifth] part of the light of painting and drawing), also known as “Van't Light der teken en schilder konst” (From the Light of drawing and painting art). It was published in Amsterdam in 1643–44 by Jan Jansz., with Crispin van de Passe II credited as the author.

The impression is strong and flawlessly printed. The sheet is in near-pristine condition, free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 24.4 x 37 cm
• Platemark: 19.5 x 29.3 cm
• Image borderline: 19.2 x 28.9 cm

Numbered on Plate:

• Lower-left corner: “54”
• Lower edge at centre: (partially obscured) “XII”

References:

• Archive.org offers an online view of this print within its publication context: https://archive.org/details/laprimaquintapar00pass/page/n197/mode/2up
• MFA Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/523562/la-prima-quinta-parte-della-luce-del-dipingere-et-disegna;jsessionid=6B58FEA2F30EAFBE381E2390322110AF
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200240938
• Hollstein Dutch 191 (Jan Verbeek & Ilja M. Veldman [comp.], “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700: De Passe [continued]”, 1974, Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co, p.146, cat. no. 191)
• Franken 1374 (Daniel Franken & Simon Laschitzer. “L'Oeuvre Grave des Van de Passe”, 1975, Amsterdam, G. W. Hissink & Co., p. 301, cat. no. 1374)

Price & Shipping:

AU$402 (approximately US$283.3 / €244.17 / £212.62), including worldwide express shipping. Please note: Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you wish to purchase this exceptionally fine (and rare) study of a female nude executed in the early 1640s, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

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.
Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you wish to own this rare and exquisitely executed engraving, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll be happy to provide a PayPal invoice to ensure your purchase is seamless and secure.

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Crispijn de Passe I, “The Abduction of Proserpina”, 1602

Crispijn de Passe I (aka Crispin van de Passe; Crispin de Passe) (1564–1637)

“The Abduction of Proserpina” (aka “The Rape of Proserpina”; “Roof van Proserpina”), 1602, plate 5 from a series of 134 prints after Ovid's "Metamorphoses", with Latin verses by the German poet, Johannes Posthius (1537–1597), published by Crispijn de Passe I (as inscribed in the plate).

Engraving on fine laid paper trimmed along the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 8.6 x 13 cm; (image borderline) 7.5 x 12.8 cm.

Lettered in plate within the image borderline: (lower edge at left): “Ouid. Metam. 5. […] 1602.”

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (two columns of two lines from left) “Infernas vehitur Proserpina rapta sub vmbras;/ Raptorem Cyane sed prohibere cupit.// Ille hortatus equos, penetrat vi flumina Nymphae,/  Atque suas sedes virgine laetus adit.”; (centre) Crispian van de Passe inuent. excudit.”

Franks 1338-51 (Daniel Franken & Simon Laschitzer 1975, “L'oeuvre gravé des Van de Passe”, vol. 19, Amsterdam); Hollstein Dutch 852 (Jan Verbeek & Ilja M. Veldman [comp.] 1994, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts 1450–1700: De Passe (continued)”, vol. 16, Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co, cat. no. 852).

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “Pluto sits in his chariot and carries off Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres, to the underworld. Her friends and Minerva watch in horror from the shore. The nymph Cyane, saddened because she could not stop Pluto, cries and dissolves in the water. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin” (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200384262).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression trimmed along the platemark and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this small and very finely executed engraving for AU $298 in total (currently US $185.60/ EUR 178.03/ GBP 148.97 at the time of posting 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. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU $298) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in acquiring this truly beautiful 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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Crispin van de Passe II, “Reclining Female Nude on a Blanket”, 1643

Crispin van de Passe II (aka Crispijn de Passe II; Crispijn van Passe II) (1594–1670)

“Reclining Female Nude on a Blanket” (aka “Liegender weiblicher Akt auf einer Decke”), 1643, engraved illustration to the fifth part (female nude studies) of what may be the largest of the early drawing books to be published, “La prima [-quinta] parte della luce del dipingere et disegnare …” (The first [to the fifth] part of the light of painting and drawing) (aka “Van't Light der teken en schilder konst” [From the Light of drawing and painting art]), published in Amsterdam, 1643–44, by Jan Jansz. with Crispin van de Passe II as the author.

Archive.org offers an online view of this publication (including this print); see: https://archive.org/details/laprimaquintapar00pass/page/n191/mode/2up.

See also the details of this publication offered by the MFA Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/523562/la-prima-quinta-parte-della-luce-del-dipingere-et-disegna;jsessionid=6B58FEA2F30EAFBE381E2390322110AF.

Engraving on fine laid paper with watermark and full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 24.5 x 37cm; (platemark) 18.8 x 29.4cm; (image borderline) 29.9 x 29cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower left) “55”.

Hollstein 191.

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, abrasions, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this superb impression in a near pristine state of preservation, mindful that most prints from this early publication were handled and soiled based on the designed use of the images for art students to study and copy, for AU$402 in total (currently/approximately US$257.25/ EUR243.51/ GBP201.72 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. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$402) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this exceptionally fine (and rare) study of a female nude executed in the early 1640s, 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