5865 - 6291 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- Sl. foxed; verso traces of former passepartout. = Hollstein 62, third and final state.
- Thread margins; tipped onto paper mount.
= Hollstein 12, 7th state (of 7). On the portrait of Vorsterman (who himself had a large part in the production of the Icones), see: C. Depauw and G. Luyten a.o., Anthony van Dyck as a printmaker (1999), p.147ff: "Many of the engravers whose work is represented in the iconography supplied their own portraits, but Vorsterman had the honour of being immortalised in an etching by Van Dyck himself".
- Trimmed to the image. Professionally backed with very thin Japanese paper, strengthening the edges.
= Scarce portrait. Hollstein 86a. After the painted portrait by Claude Lefèbvre.
- Trimmed just outside the borderline; with extended margins; fine impression.
= New Hollstein 209, 1st state of 2, before the address of Hondius. With the collector's marks of baron H.A. von Derschau (1755-1810) (Lugt 2510); Kupferstichkabinett Berlin (Lugt 1606 and their duplicate stamp 2482) and E. Fabricius (deceased in 1920, Lugt 847a and 919ter).
= From the series Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Hollstein 82, state before teh monogram.
AND 9 others from the same series, i.a. Bernard van Orley, Cornelis Ketel, Hans Vredeman de Vries (w. wide margins), Bartolomeus Spranger. - AND 15 other engr. portraits of mostly Dutch artists, mostly 17th cent., i.a. by Esme DE BOULONOIS (i.a. Maarten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert).
- Cut on the platemark.
= Hollstein 66, 3rd state of 7. With the collector's mark of Vicomte Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (1808-1874) (Lugt 732) and a manuscript collectors mark, identified by Lugt as Desneue de la Noue (deceased before 1657) (cf. Lugt 3014 to 3016), the roman numbers "CXXI (crossed out section)" and a monogram (this monogram is found on other engraved portraits after Van Dyck).
= From G. ARNOLD, Historie der Kerken en Ketteren (Amst., 1701).
Vaillant, Andries (1655-1693). (Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasius). Engraving, 21,3x15,8 cm.
- Tipped onto a foxed mount.
AND 7 others, i.a. an engraved portrait of SOCRATES by Paulus Pontius after Peter Paul RUBENS (wormholed).{#}
- Both cut just outside the platemark.
= Although not a selfportrait as such, Houbraken engraved his own portrait.
Idem. (Portrait of the artist Cornelis Troost). Engraving after Cornelis TROOST, 37,4x26,7 cm. (platemark), w. the address of P. Fouquet. Idem. (Portrait of the artist Frans van Mieris the Younger). Engraving after Frans van MIERIS, 34,5x23,8 cm. (platemark).{#}
- Sl. foxed in margins.
- Lacks tiny blank portions of outer corners. = Hollstein 117, 2nd state (of 2).
Smith, John (1652-1742). (Portrait of Anne Kynnesman). Mezzotint portrait after Godfried SCHALCKEN, 34,4x25,7 cm., engr. 4-line Latin caption below (trimmed just outside the platemark).
- Partly later impressions and laid down on mount.
= I.a. of Antonio Tempesta (Bartsch 38, the first state (of 2); Giovanni Baglione (B. 14), Giovanni Barbieri (B. 18), Giovanni Bernini (B. 19).
- Fine. = Rare. Not in New Hollstein. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Cut ±1 cm. outside the platemark; sm. paper or printing flaw in left margin, outside the image. Fine impression.
= Petitjean/ Wickert 155, 3rd and final state. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
- Sm. hole from corrosive ink (?) in lower right corner; cut to the image. = Petitjean/ Wickert 64.
Idem. Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé. Engraving, 35,3x27 cm., 1662.
- Sl. offsetting in margins; sm. closed tear in upper margin, just within the image; on thick laid paper, probably a (sl.) later impression, but with ample margins.
= Prince of Condé, one of France's foremost mlilitary brains, was the uncle of Charles Paris d'Orleans. Charles died at Tolhuis, Netherlands in 1672, shot by Frisian prisoners of war and the Prince of Condé was heavily wounded during the same incident. Petitjean/ Wickert 58, 2nd or 3rd state of 3.
Idem. Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme, duc de Mercoeur. Engraving, 28x20 cm. (leaf), 1649.
- Cut on. just outside the platemark; sl. soiled in the lower corners.
- Petitjean/ Wickert 169, 1st state of 2. With the collector's marks of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) (Lugt 151) and the comte Octave de Behague (1828-1879) (Lugt 2004).
Idem. Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon, duc de Épernon. Engraving, 32x24,8 cm., 1650.
- Trimmed on the platemark. = Petitjean/ Wickert 69, 2nd state of 3.
AND 1 other by the same: Jean Baptist Budes, Comte de Guebriant. Marechal de France (PW 82, 1st state of 2. Dam. spot in the face, next to his birth mark).{#}
- Trimmed on the platemark. = Petitjean/ Wickert 212, 3rd state of 3.
Idem. Marie Louise Gonzaga, queen of Poland and Sweden. Engraving after JUSTE, 21,1x15,7 cm., 1653.
- Cut on/ just outside the platemark. = Petitjean/ Wickert 195, 2nd state of 3.
Idem. Anne d'Autriche, queen of France. Engraving after MIGNARD, 32x24,3 cm., 1660.{#}
- Corners w. sm. chips. = Petitjean/ Wickert 4, 5th and final state.
- Sl. foxed in upper part. = Petitjean/ Wickert 206, 1st state of 4.
Idem. Pierre Seguier, marquis de Saint-Brisson. Engraving, 26,3x18,6 cm., 1659.
- Cut to image. = Petitjean/ Wickert 201, 2nd state of 2.
AND 6 others by the same, mostly small(er) portraits, i.a. of Michel de Marolles (PW 152, 1st state), Pierre Dupuy (PW 65, only state and PW 66 (mirrored and smaller size), 1st state) and Pierre de Maridat (PW 150, only state).{#}
= Petitjean & Wickert 1, 1st state of 3.
AND 6 others by the same: Gilles Blondeau (PW 19, only state); Gilles Boileau (PW 22, 2nd state. With manuscript caption); Denis Marin de la Châtaigneraye, Secretary to the King (PW 151, 1st state of 2); François Guenault (PW 83); Andreas le Fevre D'Ormesson (PW 189, 3rd state of 3) and Guy Chamillard (PW 42, 5th state of 6).{#}
= Petitjean & Wickert 211, 2nd state of 4.
AND 6 others by the same, all French magistrates and a prelate, i.a. the french chancellor Pierre Seguier (PW 208, 1st or 2nd state of 4, cut to the image); Pierre Poncet (PW 197, 3rd state of 4); Claude Reynauldin (PW 198, 1st state of 4. Sm. closed tear in upper part); Henri de Guenegaud (PW 84 , 1st state of 2); Michel le Masle (PW 106, 1st state of 4).{#}
- Cut on the borderline. = Petitjean/ Wickert 38, 2nd state of 4.
AND 6 others similar by the same: Claude Regnauldin (PW 198, 1st state?); Jacques Amelot (PW 1, 3rd state of 3); Jean-Antoine de Mesmes (PW 172, 1st state?); Pompone II de Bellièvre (PW 128, 1st state of 2); Victor Bouthillier (PW 35, 2nd state of 3, w. waterstain); Michel IV Le Tellier (PW 108, 2nd state of 2, chip in upper left corner. Prime minister).{#}
- One (Pompone) lower ight corner lacking sm. portion); one print (Lamoignon) w. sm. closed tear near left lower corner; all but one prints trimmed to the image.
= All portraits of members of the Noblesse de Robe (Nobles of the Robe). Portraits of Jean Antoine de Mesmes (2x, 1655 and 1661, Petitjean/ Wickert 172, 2nd and 3rd state of 7) Nicolas Potier de Novion (PW187, 2nd state of 3); François-Theodore de Nesmond (PW 181, only state. Ample margins); Pompone II de Bellièvre (PW 15, 2nd state of 2); Louis de Bailleul (PW 8, 1st state of 7); Jacques le Coigneux (PW 105); Guillaume de Lamoignon (PW 97, 1st or 2nd state).
- A few sm. paper remnants on verso; sl. dustsoiled; cut on the platemark.
= Petitjean/ Wickert 9, 1st state of 3. From the Arenberg collection with their mark on verso (Lugt 567).
Idem. (Portrait of Antonio Barberini). Engraving, 32,3x25,4 cm., signed in the plate and "1664".{#}
- Trimmed on the borderline.
= Petitjean/ Wickert 11, 2nd state of 2. Antonio Barberini (1607-1671) was an Italian cardinal from the influential Barberini family, art mecenas (i.a. of Bernini) and cousin of pope Urban VIII. After the death of his uncle, he was of accused of corruption by the next pope. He and his family fled to France. Later under the protection of chancellor Mazarin (and the French crown) the accusations were dropped. He was made bishop of Poitiers and archbishop of Reims.