Herman van Swanevelt’s etching, “Laundresses”, c1653

Herman van Swanevelt (aka Herman Swaneveld) (c1603–1655)

“Laundresses” (aka “Les Blanchisseuses”; “Landschap met wasvrouwen” “Landscape with Washerwomen”), 1650–55, from the series, “Twelve Landscapes” (aka “Twaalf landschappen”), published in Paris c1650–1705.

Etching on laid paper trimmed slightly within the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 18.9 x 28.4 cm; (image borderline) 17.6 x 28.1 cm.

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “Herman van Suanvelt Inventor fecit”.

State v (of v) with the erasure of Swanevelt as the publisher (“excudit”) and the Royal privilege (“cum privilegio Regis”).

TIB 90 (300); (Mark Carter Leach & Peter Morse [eds.] 1978, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists”, vol. 2, New York, Abaris Books, p. 294 cat. no. 90 [300]); Hollstein Dutch 94-5(5) (Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer [comp.] 1984, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts c.1450–1700: Samuel de Swaef to Jan Thesing”, vol. 29, Blaricum, A.L. van Gendt, p. 88, cat.no. 94).

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print:

(Transl.) “A man and a woman are walking on a path in front of a church in a mountainous landscape. In the river next to the path, a man soaks his donkey and two women do the laundry.”

(http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.181886).

Condition: a well-printed, slightly silvery impression trimmed minimally within the platemark and laid onto an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. Beyond a few pale marks (e.g. at the centre of the lower edge and the lower right corner), the sheet is in a very good condition for its considerable age (i.e. there are no tears, holes, losses, abrasions, significant stains of foxing).

I am selling this poetically glowing landscape with the raking light of early morning (or perhaps later afternoon), for a total cost of AU$292 (currently US$211.21/EUR178.72/GBP178.72 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.

If you are interested in purchasing this remarkably beautiful landscape showcasing Swanevelt’s skill in creating the illusion of spatial depth, 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

Marino Marini’s etching, “Two Pomonas”, 1956

Marino Marini (1901–1980)

“Two Pomonas” (aka “Zwei Pomonas”; “Due Pomone”], 1956, from the edition of 65 pencil-signed impressions. Note that I understand that this etching was later published in 1971 as plate X in an edition of 75 unsigned impressions in the album, “Tout près de Marino” (Everything Near to Marino), printed by Lacourière et Frélaut copperplate engraving works in Paris (see https://www.goldmarkart.com/art-for-sale/due-pomone).

Etching with pale plate tone on thick wove paper with wide margins, pencil-signed at lower right and inscribed with the edition number, 5/65, at lower left.

Size: (sheet) 56.5 x 38.1 cm; (plate) 26.1 x 18.7 cm

Klepac 3; Hentzen 3 (Lou Klepac 1980, “Marino Marini: Etching and Lithographs”, Perth, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, cat. no. 3, p. 34; Alfred Hentzen 1976, “Marino Marini: L’opera grafica complete 1914–1975”, Milan, Graphis Arte, cat. no. 3).

Condition: near faultless impression pencil-signed and numbered with generously wide margins in near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this superb impression of (arguably) one of Marini’s finest etchings in near pristine condition for a total cost of AU$1277 (currently US$931.78/EUR783.44/GBP706.66 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 I have been unable to find other copies of this print from the same edition of 65 pencil-signed and numbered impressions apart from one offered by the accredited dealer/appraiser, APR57: https://www.apr57.com/collections/etchings-lithographs/products/marino-marini-due-pomone-1956-limited-edition-11-75-signed-etching-40k-value.

If you are interested in purchasing this subtle and visually complex etching of two Roman goddesses of fruits and fruit trees by one of the major artists of the 20^th century, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Rodolphe Piguet’s drypoint, “Suzette”, 1880

Rodolphe Piguet (aka Rodolphe Piquet) (1840-1915)

“Suzette”, c1880, published in the periodical, “L’Art” and printed by Chardon-Wittmann (fl.c. 1884–1890) in Paris.

Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper with wide margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 43.6 x 29.7 cm; (plate) 31.9 x 32 cm; (image borderline) 27.9 x 19.5 cm.

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “l’Art”; (centre) “SUZETTE”; (right) “Rodolphe Piguet del et sculpt./ Imp. Chardon-Wittmann”.

Condition: a richly inked, well-printed and near faultless impression showing strong retention of ink in the drypoint burr lines (suggesting that this is an early impression), with generously wide margins and in near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses, stains or foxing (but there is a slight dustiness to the surface).

I am selling this exceptionally beautiful drypoint by an artist known for the technical brilliance of his drypoint prints—arguably this is one of his masterworks!—for a total cost of AU$261 (currently US$189.51/EUR159.53/GBP144,12 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 drypoint masterwork capturing a young girl’s quiet strength while dressed to the hilt in what must have been the height of Belle Époque fashion, 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

Carel van Mallery’s engraving, “The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent”, c1596 (2nd copy)

Carel van Mallery (aka Charles de Mallery) (1571–1635?)

“The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent” (aka “The Dragon Hunt”), c1596, from the series, “Hunting Parties” (aka “Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium” (transl. “With wild beasts, birds, fish”), after Jan van der Straet (aka Joannes Stradanus; Ioannes Stradanus) (1523–1605), published by Philips Galle (1537–1612).

Note: the first edition of “Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium” published by Galle comprised 43 unnumbered plates all engraved by Galle with a dedication page to Cosimo de Medici. After this edition the series was expanded to 104 plates engraved by A. Collaert, J. Collaert, C. Galle I and C. de Mallery with a dedication page to the jurist Henricus van Osthoorn en Sonnevelt (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1957-0413-37 and A. Baroni and M. Sellink, “Stradanus 1523-1605: Court artist of the Medici”, exh. cat. Groeningemuseum Brugge 2008–09, Turnhout, 2012, pp. 245–58, cat. nos. 32–49).

Engraving on fine laid paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 27.7 x 34.8 cm; (plate) 20 x 26.4 cm; (image borderline) 18.5 x 26.1 cm.

Lettered within image borderline at lower edge: (left) “Phls Galle excud.”; (right of centre) “Joan. Stradanus invent. Car. de Mallery sculp.”

Lettered below the image borderline: (left) “43”; (centre) two lines of Latin text arranged in two columns) “Attilius consul Romanus...tandem superavit.'; (right) “XV”.

State: ii (with the added numerals, “43” and “XV”; see the BM’s impression of the first state: 1901,0611.43)

New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 480.II (Johannes Stradanus); Baroni Vannucci 1997 693.43 (Alessandra Baroni Vannucci 1997, “Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, flandrus pictor et inventor”, Milan, Jandi Sapi Editori)

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent; the Consul and his army surround and attack the giant serpent, firing arrows from all directions” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1901-0611-43)

Condition: strong and well-printed with generous margins. Beyond remnants of mounting tape (verso), the sheet is in an excellent/museum quality condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses, significant stains or foxing.

Note that this is the second impression of this same print that I have listed, the previous copy has been sold.

I am selling this exceptionally rare, engraving from the late 1500s—note the interesting cannon-like devices in the background—for a total cost of AU$307 (currently US$222.95/EUR187.68/GBP169.55 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 ultimate fantasy from the 16^th century of hunting a dragon, 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

Orazio Borgianni’s etching, “Moses Striking the Rock”, 1615

Orazio Borgianni (aka Orazio Borgiani) (c1578–1616)

“Moses Striking the Rock” (TIB title) (“Moîse frappant le rocher, et en faisant sortir de l’eau” [Moses striking the rock, and bringing out the water] [Bartsch title]), 1615 (inscribed on plate), plate 32 from the series of 52 etchings after Raphael (1483–1520), “The Loggia Paintings” (TIB title) in the Vatican.

Etching on fine laid paper, trimmed around the plate mark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 17.2 x 19.2 cm.

Inscribed on plate within the image borderline: (lower-left corner) “1615 / [ligature monogram of artist]”

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

Lifetime impression of the only state. (Note: attribution of this print to a lifetime impression is based on the quality of the lines showing minimal wear to the plate.)

TIB 38 (17).32(318) (Walter L Strauss [ed.] 1979, “The Illustrated Bartsch”, vol. 38, New York, Abaris Books, p. 391, cat. no. 32 [318]); Bartsch XVII.318.32 (Adam Bartsch 1803–21, “Le Peintre graveur”, vol. 17, p. 318, cat. no. 32).

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print:

(transl.) “Moses knocks water out of a rock for the Israelites to drink. God floats above the rock.”

(http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.85384).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1893-1018-19-28.

Condition: well-printed impression trimmed around the platemark and laid onto an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. The sheet has a few nibbled edges, otherwise it is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, stains or foxing.

I am selling this superb etching executed in the last year of the artist’s life and based on the design of the legendary Raphael who had passed away only 95 years before this print was created, for AU$257 (currently US$187.06/EUR157.54/GBP142.29 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 rare Renaissance period print, 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