Jan van de Velde II, “Figures on a Country Road Near a Farm”, 1616

Jan van de Velde II (c.1593–1641)

“Figures on a Country Road Near a Farm” (aka “Figuren op een landweg bij een boerderij”), 1616, plate 2 (as numbered at lower right corner) from part 4 (as numbered in the upper right corner) of the series, “Sixty Landscapes”—a series of sixty etchings grouped in five parts of twelve prints—printed in Amsterdam by Claes Jansz. Visscher (aka Nicolaes Jansz. Visscher; Piscator) 1587–1652), as inscribed in the title plate to the series (see https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200393054).

Etching on fine laid paper, trimmed around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 12.3 x 19 cm.

Numbered in plate: (upper right corner) “4”; (lower right corner) “2”.

Hollstein 269 (Ger Luijten & Christiaan Schuckman [comp.] 1989, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts c.1450–1700: Jan van de Velde II to Dirk Vellert”, vol. 33, Roosendaal, Koninklijke Van Poll, cat. no. 269); Franken & Van der Kellen 308 (Daniel Franken & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1883, “L'oeuvre gravé de Jan van de Velde II”, Amsterdam, p.122, cat. no. 308).

See also the descriptions of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum and the British Museum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200392999; https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-5961.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed around the image borderline and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this superb etching from the early 1600s showing what is still an everyday scene of travellers asking for directions—note, however, that the depiction of the culvert in the foreground along with the huge boulder at left might also be seen by viewers from Van de Velde’s time as visual reminders (“telling signs”) of the natural forces of the divine underpinning everyday life—for AU $374 (currently US $233.05/ EUR 223.96/ GBP 18748 at the time of posting this print) 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 $374) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this sensitively executed etching from the Dutch Golden Age, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jan van de Velde II, “Dawn”, c.1628, after Hendrik Goudt

Jan van de Velde II (c.1593–1641)

“Dawn”, c.1628 (1615–1641), plate 2 from the series of four plates, “The Times of the Day”, after a print by Hendrik Goudt (aka Hendrick Goudt) (1583–1648).

Etching with engraving on fine laid paper, trimmed with a small margin around platemark and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 10.8 x 17.9cm: (plate) 9.3 x 16.6cm; (image borderline) 9 x 16.3cm.

Numbered in plate at the lower right corner: “2”.

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

Hollstein 76 (Ger Luijten & Christiaan Schuckman [comp.] 1989, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts c.1450–1700: Jan van de Velde II to Dirk Vellert”, vol. 33, Roosendaal, Koninklijke Van Poll, cat. no. 76); Franken & Van der Kellen 192 (Daniel Franken & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1883, “L'oeuvre gravé de Jan van de Velde II”, Amsterdam, p.90, cat. no. 192).

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “Hilly landscape with shepherds at a campfire in the foreground on the right. Dawn in the background. Print from a series of four” (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200392703).

See also the description of this print offered by The British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-5823.

Condition: a well-printed impression, but not rich in contrast, with small margins around the platemark and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. There is a replenished loss on the borderline at upper left and minor stains, otherwise, the sheet is in a good condition for its considerable age with no tears or significant stains.

I am selling this early morning scene showing the sun beginning to touch distant trees and the light of shepherds’ campfires illuminating the foreground darkness—an extraordinarily poetic etching (with engraving) by one of the most celebrated Dutch artists of the early 1600s—for AU $381 (currently US $238.21/ EUR 228.94/ GBP 189.84 at the time of posting this print) 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 $381) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this sensitively executed etching from the Dutch Golden Age, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jan van de Velde II’s etching with engraving, “Tobias and the Angel”, c.1630, after Moyses van Uyttenbroeck

Jan van de Velde II (c.1593–1641)

“Tobias and the Angel” (aka “Tobias with the Fish Continues his Journey with Raphael”), c.1630 (1620–1641), plate 3 from the series of four plates, “The Story of Tobias”, after Moyses van Uyttenbroeck (aka Moyses van Wtenbrouck; Moses van Uyttenbroeck) (c.1595–c.1647) (see Uyttenbroeck’s etching with engraving: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-6843), initially published by Jan van de Velde II. This impression was published in Amsterdam by Claes Jansz. Visscher (aka Piscator) (1587–1652).

Etching with engraving on laid paper, trimmed around the image borderline and text, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 16.5 x 20.8 cm; (image borderline) 15.1 x 20.8 cm.

Lettered and numbered below the image borderline: “Attonitus fugit … ignibus. assat.// [3]”

State ii (of ii) with the addition of the plate number at lower-right corner.

Hollstein 9 (Ger Luijten & Christiaan Schuckman [comp.] 1989, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts c.1450–1700: Jan van de Velde II to Dirk Vellert”, vol. 33, Roosendaal, Koninklijke Van Poll, p. 11, cat. no. 9); Franken & Van der Kellen 47 (Daniel Franken & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1883, “L'oeuvre gravé de Jan van de Velde II”, Amsterdam, p. 45, cat. no. 47).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Plate 3: Tobias and the angel; walking along a river at centre r; at centre a small dog to left barking at a flock of geese; from a series of four etchings of the story of Tobias after Moses van Uyttenbroeck. Etching and engraving” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-5731).

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “Tobias and the angel Raphael continue their journey; Tobias carries the fish he has caught. Third print from a series of four about the biblical story of Tobias” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.333085).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed around the image borderline and lines of text, laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. There is a replenished loss on the borderline at upper centre and minor stains, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition for its considerable age.

I am selling this poetically beautiful etching (with engraving) by one of the most celebrated Dutch artists of the early 1600s, for AU$431 (currently US$288.08/EUR260.66/GBP229.45 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 superb etching executed during the Dutch Golden Age, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jan van de Velde II’s etching, “Landscape with a Round Tower”, 1616

Jan van de Velde II (c1593–1641)

“Landscape with a Round Tower” (aka “Landschap met een ronde toren”), 1616, from the series, “Amenissimae aliquot requculae” (Some of the most beautiful memories).

Etching on laid paper trimmed around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 12.9 x 19.1 cm; (image borderline) 12.3 x 19 cm.

Numbered in plate: (beside column capital at lower-right) “3”.

State ii (of iii [Hollstein]) before the addition of the number, “4”, at upper-right corner.

Hollstein Dutch 270 (Ger Luijten & Christiaan Schuckman [comp.] 1989, “Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450–1700: Jan van de Velde II to Dirk Vellert”, vol. 33, Roosendaal, Koninklijke Van Poll, p. 87, cat. no. 270); Franken & van der Kellen 309 (Daniel Franken & Johan Philip van der Kellen 1883, “L'oeuvre gravé de Jan van de Velde II”, Amsterdam, p. 122, cat. no. 309).

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description and insights about this print: (transl.) “Figures at a round tower in a river landscape. Third print of part four of a series of a total of sixty prints with landscapes, divided into five parts of twelve prints each. […] Originally, the first states of the prints formed a series consisting of two volumes of 26 prints each. The later states formed a series of five volumes of twelve prints each.” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.333561).

See also the description of this print offered by The Art Institute of Chicago and The Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/75211/landscape-with-a-round-tower; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/398949.   

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed around the image borderline with a thread margin and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. There are several small stains and a mark (possibly a closed tear?) left-of-centre, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition for its considerable age.

I am selling this superbly strong impression (before numbering at upper right) of a very beautiful etching by one of the most celebrated Dutch artists of the early 1600s, for AU$335 (currently US$223.91/EUR202.60/GBP178.34 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 marvellous etching of the artist's own composition and executed at the dawn of the Dutch Golden Age, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jan Gerritsz Swelinck’s double-sided emblem engravings, “Plate XLIL” & “Plate XLIL”, 1627–59, after Adriaen van der Venne

Jan Gerritsz Swelinck (1601–c1649) (or from the circle of), after the designs by

Adriaen van der Venne (1589–1662)

Double sided engravings illustrating proverbs by Jacob Cats (1577–1660) (known with respect and affection as “Father Cats”), from the 1659 edition of “Alle de Wercken van den heere Jacob Cats …” (Complete Works of Jacob Cats), pages 140–150:

(Recto) “Plate XLIL: Haest is geen Spoet, Veerdigh Ryck niet goet” (Hurry is not important, quickly rich not good—if one grafts a fully mature plant onto an immature plant to speed up the growing process the result is unlikely to be successful), 1627–59;

(Verso) “Plate XLIII: Cupidinis Loculi Porro Vincti” (Cupid's Chests Now Bound—Cupid adds a log to a fire so that the warmth will open nut cases in the same way that love will open cold hearts), 1627–59.

Achive.org offers and online view of these engravings in their context in the 1712 edition: https://archive.org/details/JSH.31962001408628Images/page/n177/mode/1up &  https://archive.org/details/JSH.31962001408628Images/page/n179/mode/1up.

Double sided (recto and verso) engravings on laid paper trimmed with small margins and a letterpress printed plate number above each image.

Size: (sheet) 14.3 x 13.9 cm; (recto plate) 12.6 x 12.5 cm; (recto image borderline) 12.2 x 12 cm.

Condition: near faultless impressions in pristine condition.

I am selling these intriguing double-sided engravings of remarkable quality for the total cost of AU$174 (currently US$127.19/EUR109.96/GBP93.39 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 these double-sided engravings of the highest quality, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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