Coll.Livre Rare Book
December: View of a town with man carrying bunch of wheat ears knife and axe standing in the foreground at right; in the middle ground the slaughtering of the pigs set beside a town with man slitting the animal's throat at left and men curing the pigs in front of a building at right; symbol of Capricorn appearing in the sky. Original engraving.
16-6344Antwerp: Philips Galle circa late 16th-early 7th Century. Engraving mounted on an old support sheet.Without the text beneath the names of the artists and publisher. 19 x 26.2cm.December from the set of twelve representing the months engraved by Hans Collaert January March June July & Adrian Collaert after compositions designed by Jodocus de Momper see Hollstein vol. IV Adrian Collaert No.559-570 and Hans Collaert No.125-128. New Hollstein: Collaert Dynasty No.1350-1362. Fist state of two before the address of Philips was altered to that of Joan Galle and before the added names of the signs of the zodiac.Provenance:Né en 1906 à Lezay Deux-Sèvres Jacques Cathy a exercé d’abord la profession de caricaturiste à l’hebdomadaire « Le Rire ». Il a rejoint vers 1927 l’équipe du Cabaret « La Vache Enragée » conduite par Roger Toziny. Jacques Cathy poursuit sa carrière de chansonnier après le décès de Toziny en 1939 et après la guerre il conduit parallèlement une carrière d’acteur dans le cinéma. Jacques Cathy était le 3ème Maire de La Commune Libre de Montmartre à partir de l’élection en 1949.Final provenance: Les Collections Aristophil - 164 bis avenue Charles-de-Gaulle 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine. Antwerp: Philips Galle, circa late 16th-early 7th Century. unknown
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €