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RENNES, Association St Vincent Providence - 1992 - In-4 - Couverture couleurs illustrée 1 & 4 Plats - Illustrations NB ou couleurs, certaines PP - 128 pages - Propre
NANTES, Imp. Armoricaine - 1931 - In-8, 16.5 x 25 cm - broché - couverture rempliée - Tirage limité sur "Pur fil Lafuma" - Frontispice Mgr Le FER de LA MOTTE, Evêque de Nantes - 39 photographies NB PP HT -192 pages - Ex. non coupé - très propre Exemplaire N° 105, nominatif au nom de Alexandre Renaudin. LIVRE D'OR réalisé grâce au Comité de l'Association Amicale des Anciens Elèves de l'école.
Paris, Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1914-1915. Grand in-4 demi-reliure basane verte (reliure postérieure), plats skivertex, dos à nerfs, plats et dos conservés, 838 pp., 107 reproductions en couleurs, 264 gravures en noir et 26 plans. Imprimé à 600 exemplaires numérotés (celui-ci nominatif), ce bel ouvrage est magnifiquement illustré d'après les aquarelles et dessins de l'auteur.
Features: Renaissance of a Herreshoff classic - fiberglass has given the Herreshoff 12.5' designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff, new life; Ms. Overboard - the Lake Lanier Sailing club holds a Lightning Championship on Lake Lanier; Crotch Island Pinky returns; MOONSHADOW - an unabashed racer designed by graduates of the School of Hard Knocks; The Geary 18 - challenging 18-footer that's easy to build for little money; Gathering of the Clan at Block Island; Heavy weather test for Cal 29s - off Victoria, British Columbia; Canadian has a first in production aluminum 25-footer by Tom Timmerman of Vancouver, BC; New Kirby Quarter Tonner is advanced racing design - by Bruce Kirby; Pearson 365 - refreshing ideas in a cruising ketch; High performance predicted for Mirage 27 by Peter Schmitt; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 m). In Turkish. 72 p., b/w and color plates. Saglik ve mektep. Cover ills. by Ihap Hulusi. Just 1 copy in OCLC: 1030073499. Collected articles on various subjects especially health education in Turkey.
8vo., First Edition, with an engraved frontispiece and illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; attractively bound in contemporary full calf BY BICKERS, sides with double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in gilt, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with brown leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, joints lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean crisp copy. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. First appearance of this famous collection of European poetry (chiefly English; from Shakespeare onmwards) translated into classical verse by members of the school. The original and classical texts are given in parallel on facing pages. A lovely copy.
PARIS, Lib. Hachette - ss date (vers 1931) - In-12 - Cartonnage éditeur orange - Cartes NB - 154 pages - Très propre
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 192 pages, heavily illustrated with b&w photos throughout, maps, large quantities of technical information. Contents include: Kegresse haf-traars, Vezdekhod, Gulikevich's armoured vehicle, Tsar tank, Reno Russkiy projects, Early Societ designs, Refinements to the KS tank, GUVP, Ms light tank, Kazan tank school, 1931 / 2 tank program, Light tanks, T-27, T-26, T-46, T-30, T-40,T-50, T-60, BT series, Heavy tanks, KV-I, KV-II, KV-1A, KV-1B, KV-1C, Self-propelled weapons, Tracked supporting vehecles, etc.
Catalogue for the year's winter exhibition of Russian painting at the Royal Academy. Includes Index of Lenders and Index of Artists. xvi plates in black and white. 55 pages. Wear to cover extremities, crease to lower corner of front cover.
PARIS, Lib. Bloud & Gay - sans date (1947) - In-12 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - 218 pages - Propre Envoi de l'auteur : "Pour Simone Leconte, en bonne sympathie."
Unpaginated. Ruby the teddy bear is taken to school by her owner and carries out a plan to save two unwanted teddies in the playhouse there. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear to attractive glossy illustrated boards. Dust jacket bears average edgewear including two one inch tears to back panel. Book
462 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Covers the years 1916 through 1992. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to dust jacket which bears a one inch opening at top of front fore-edge. A quality copy. Book
Exhibition catalog is in excellent condition with one small mar at upper spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Organized by the Museum of Modern Art in Paris with the cooperation of the foundation of Georges Rouault, the Archives of Henri Matisse with the coordination of the Brain trust, Inc. of Tokyo. Text is in French and Japanese. 198 pages with a great many full size prints from both artists. In the spring of 2006, the Rouault Foundation's rediscovery of Henri Matisse's letters to Georges Rouault, coming to respond to Rouault's letters that have remained classified in the Henri Matisse Archives, shed light on the "lively sympathy of art" which linked the two artists throughout their lives, from their beginnings in the studio of Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, at the end of the XIXth century, until their last meeting, in Cimiez, in February 1953. The correspondence found to date opened in the summer of 1906, when Matisse resided in Collioure, to resume in the 1930s; while Rouault enters into professional contact with Matisse's son, Pierre, who devotes three special exhibitions to Rouault in his New York gallery between 1933 and 1947; it intensified during the Second World War. Theatrical projects, personal health concerns, artistic considerations, exhibition projects, resurgence of memories of their youth intermingle in the letters of the 40s and 50s. Carried out in close collaboration with the Georges Rouault Foundation and the Henri Matisse Archives, the presentation of the correspondence between Rouault and Matisse testifies to this friendly and artistic network. While the exchange of letters was lacking, especially between 1907 and the 1930s, chronological research and archives made it possible to reconstruct the seemingly relaxed framework of their friendship, bringing to light many events which on the contrary attest to its constancy: numerous exhibitions, participation in the first "Jury of the Painters' Prize" in June 1923, at the Ballets russes, collaboration with T?riade for the review Verve. This edition, an original contribution to the history of art, highlights the highlights of their correspondence by articulating multiple meeting points, and sheds light on the parallel journey of two artists who have asserted their own personalities from a point of common departure: the "erotic symbolism" (Philippe Dagen) of Gustave Moreau, figure of their youth which holds a central place until the evening of their life.
92 pages. This history of Roslyn School, Westmount, Quebec. Illustrated in black and white. Gift greetings inside front cover else unmarked. Average wear. Decent copy in illustrated brown covers. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Green cloth spine is a little frayed. Previous owner's inscription inside. Tear on front endpaper. 36 pages. Black and white and color illustrations.
Acquaforte, 1844 circa, firmata in lastra in basso al centro. Figlio del pittore paesaggista Jacob George Strutt (1790-1864), del quale fu allievo, girovagò attraverso la Francia e la Svizzera in compagnia del padre, prima di giungere entrambi in Italia nel 1831, per stabilirsi a Roma. Rimase per il resto della sua vita in Italia, interessandosi soprattutto agli aspetti "pittoreschi", in particolare a quelli della Campagna romana, rivolgendo la sua attenzione, in modo specifico, ai paesaggi e ai costumi degli abitanti. Nel 1841 intraprese un viaggio a piedi verso il sud dell'Italia (allora Regno delle Due Sicilie, in compagnia dell'amico William Jackson, partendo da Porta San Giovanni (Roma) il 30 aprile e giungendo a Palermo il 15 dicembre, dopo aver attraversato la Campania e la Calabria. Le sue osservazioni furono raccolte in un libro, A pedestrian tour in Calabria & Sicily (Un viaggio a piedi in Calabria e in Sicilia) che ebbe un notevole successo, soprattutto nei paesi anglosassoni, ed è considerato ancor oggi un documento molto importante per comprendere la società del Regno delle Due Sicilie nel periodo pre-unitario. Magnifica prova, impressa su carta coeva, ampi margini, in perfetto stato di conservazione. Etching, 1844 circa, signed at the bottom. Arthur John Strutt (1819, in Chelmsford – 1888, in Rome), was an English painter, engraver, writer, traveller and archaeologist. He was the son of the landscape painter Jacob George Strutt (1790–1864) and the writer and traveller Elizabeth Strutt. In 1841 he travelled on foot through central and southern Italy and in Sicily. He and his friend, the poet William Jackson, otherwise unknown, started from the Porta San Giovanni of Rome on 30 April 1841, reaching Palermo on 15 December, and arriving back at Rome in July of the following year. An account of this journey is given in his A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria & Sicily published in London, in 1842. A fine impression, on contemporary paper, large margins, very good condition.
Litografia tinta firmata in basso a sinistra. Da un disegno dello stesso Cooke, ora conservato alla Royal Academy of Arts. Edward Cooke arrivò a Roma con sua sorella Laura il 23 dicembre 1845. Tranne che per un'escursione di due settimane a Tivoli, rimase in città fino al maggio dell'anno successivo. Roma era una destinazione insolita per un pittore di marine, e Cooke scrisse alla sua famiglia affermando che la stava "prendendo con freddezza" e aggiungendo che aveva 'taking it coolly' and adding that he had 'intended to paint one or two pictures for the Academy whilst here but it was impossible - 1st because I have been out of spirits and poorly, 2ndly the multitude of objects of intense interest have so completely seized all my thoughts since I left Genoa and the sea, that I seem for a time to have lost all my impressions of marine subjects and effects'. Tuttavia, Cooke disegnò avidamente i siti classici e medievali della città durante il suo soggiorno e questi formarono la base per diversi successivi dipinti ad olio di scene romane. Molti dei disegni furono incisi e pubblicati nelle due edizioni di Leaves from my Sketchbook (1876 e 1877). Nell'introduzione a queste pubblicazioni Cooke scrisse: "I viaggi in molti paesi, che si estendono per un periodo di cinquant'anni, hanno riempito i miei Sketch-books con diverse migliaia di schizzi, che spesso sono serviti a richiamare agli amici piacevoli ricordi di giorni felici e climi soleggiati, e ad eccitare il desiderio di visitare luoghi ugualmente notevoli per bellezza naturale e interesse storico". Tinted litograph signed at lower left. From a drawing by Cooke himself, now preserved at Royal Academy of Arts. Edward Cooke arrived in Rome with his sister Laura on December 23rd 1845. Except for a two week excursion to Tivoli, he remained in the city until May the following year. Rome was an unusual destination for a marine painter, and Cooke wrote to his family stating that he was 'taking it coolly' and adding that he had 'intended to paint one or two pictures for the Academy whilst here but it was impossible - 1st because I have been out of spirits and poorly, 2ndly the multitude of objects of intense interest have so completely seized all my thoughts since I left Genoa and the sea, that I seem for a time to have lost all my impressions of marine subjects and effects'. Nevertheless, Cooke avidly sketched the city's classical and medieval sites during his stay and these formed the basis for several subsequent oil paintings of Roman scenes. Many of the drawings were engraved and published in the two editions of Cooke's Leaves from my Sketchbook (1876 and 1877). In the introduction to these publications Cooke wrote, 'Travels in many countries, extending over a period of fifty years, have filled my Sketch-books with several thousand sketches, which have often served to recall to friends pleasant memories of happy days and sunny climes, and excite a wish to visit places alike remarkable for natural beauty and historic interest.'
Good hbk bound in green cloth, black decoration and lettering. Bookplate, dated 1924, on the inside front cover. Front inner hinge weakening. Some pages browned. Frontispiece. 21109. eng
176 pages. Index. "When Norman Rockwell was at the height of his career in the late 1940's, he wrote a delightful book called How I Make a Picture. It was the basis for an advanced illustration course at the Famous Artists School, but was never made available to the general public. We are now delighted to have this unique opportunity to make Rockwell's original book available for the first time in an expanded version, containing full-color reproductions of the artists best work along with previously unpublished color sketches." - from Publisher's Note. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which bears some staining and a taped repair to bottom edge of back panel. A sound copy of this special book. Please note: we believe the ISBN stated on the publisher's page of this copy, 083202380x, is incorrect and have changed it to what we believe is the correct number. Book
Mm 220x285 Volume in copertina rigida, 120 pagine con figure a colori nel testo redatto in lingua inglese - english text. Libro in condizioni di nuovo. "Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), uno dei pionieri dell'espressionismo astratto, pervenne all'arte dopo aver condotto i suoi studi nelle migliori università americane. Fu il grande storico dell'arte Meyer Schapiro a consigliargli di intraprendere la carriera artistica. Presto ebbe importanti riconoscimenti: a soli ventinove anni tenne infatti la sua prima mostra monografica nella leggendaria galleria newyorchese di Peggy Guggenheim (1944). L'anno successivo Motherwell con la moglie andò a vivere a East Hampton, una cittadina molto frequentata dai newyorchesi e situata nella parte orientale di Long Island, e si fece progettare e costruire una casa dall'architetto francese Pierre Chareau, l'autore della celebre "Casa di vetro" parigina. Motherwell trascorrerà la maggior parte dei sei anni successivi a East Hampton. Fino ad oggi nessuna mostra e nessun catalogo dedicati a Motherwell sono stati focalizzati su questo periodo cruciale per la sua maturazione artistica. Durante i suoi anni ad East Hampton l'artista creò dipinti, collage e disegni che contribuirono a fare dell'astrazione la lingua franca dell'arte prodotta Oltreoceano. Motherwell possedeva una sensibilità minimalista: i migliori lavori di questi anni sono caratterizzati da un uso parsimonioso di colori e forme. Per esempio, del suo dipinto "Wall Painting with Stripes" (1944) spiegò: "Non sono interessato ad abbellire la realtà, ma nel trovare un singolo, intenso e diretto senso di unità con essa"
251 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Biographical outline and major exhibitions. 325 colour and black and white plates. Illustrated boards. "Usual library markings. Page prior to half-title page removed. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this very substantive work. Book
Monotipo o herkomergravure, 1891, firmato e datato sulla lastra in alto a destra Hubert Herkomer '91. Una bella impressione, stampata su carta contemporanea, con margini, condizioni perfette. “Il monotipo è il mezzo di stampa più diretto. L'artista dipinge su una superficie liscia e impermeabile, mette un pezzo di carta bianca sopra il dipinto e applica una pressione in modo che l'immagine dipinta venga trasferita sulla carta. […] Durante il diciannovesimo secolo ci fu molto ingegno nel trovare un modo per gli stampatori di creare edizioni che fossero pittoriche come il monotipo. Generalmente, gli inventori sperimentavano un composto speciale che poteva essere applicato al dipinto dell'artista ancora umido, non appena eseguito su una lastra di rame. Quando la lastra veniva asciugata e galvanizzata, poteva essere inchiostrata come una lastra incisa e stampata più e più volte, fornendo la spontaneità del monotipo, ma con la ripetibilità di altri mezzi di stampa. Vari inventori inventarono processi simili, e alla fine del 1800 erano disponibili tre processi per coloro che desideravano fare una stampa che avesse alcune delle qualità visive di un monotipo, ma che potesse anche essere prodotta in un'edizione di stampe identiche: il galvanografo, l'elettrotinta e l'herkomergravure, dal nome del suo inventore, Hubert Herkomer (1849-1914). William Merritt Chase (americano, 1849-1916) introdusse Herkomer al processo del monotipo nel 1885. Herkomer sviluppò il suo processo nel 1897, ma ne scrisse per la prima volta nel 1892. Potrebbe essere stato nel 1902 che Herkomer ricambiò il favore di Chase introducendolo all'herkomergravure, quando Chase tornò in Inghilterra. Il processo implicava la spalmatura di inchiostro su una lastra di rame e la creazione dell'immagine con le dita e/o i pennelli, come nel processo del monotipo. Poi la lastra veniva spolverata con una combinazione di polveri speciali, asciugata e placcata. L'immagine risultante era un quasi monotipo" (cfr. Andrew Stevens, American Monotypes from the Baker/Pisano Collection, pp. 3-6). Sir Hubert von Herkomer era un artista britannico di origine tedesca, e anche un regista e compositore pioniere del cinema. Sebbene fosse un ritrattista di grande successo, soprattutto di uomini, è ricordato soprattutto per le sue prime opere che avevano un approccio realistico alle condizioni di vita dei poveri Bibliografia Herkomer, Hubert. Etching and Mezzotint Engraving: Lectures Delivered at Oxford. New York: Macmillan, 1892; Andrew Stevens, American Monotypes from the Baker/Pisano Collection, Exh. Cat., by Russell Panczenko, Andrew Stevens, and D. Frederick Baker, pp. 3-6. Monotype or herkomergravure, 1891, signed and dated on plate at the upper right Hubert Herkomer ’91. A fine impression, printed on contemporary wove paper, with margins, perfect condition. “Monotype is the most direct print medium. The artist paints on a smooth, impermeable surface, places a blank piece of paper on top of the painting, and applies pressure so that the painted image is transferred onto the paper. […] Through the nineteenth century there was much ingenuity expended on finding a way for printmakers to create editions that were as painterly as monotype. Generally, inventors came up with a special compound that could be applied to the still-wet artist’s painting executed on a copper plate. When the plate was dried and electroplated, it could then be inked like an etched or engraved plate and printed again and again, providing the spontaneity of the monotype, but with the repeatability of other print media. Various inventors came up with similar processes, and by the end of the 1800s three processes were available for those wishing to make a print that had some of the visual qualities of a monotype, but could also be produced in an edition of identical prints: the galvanograph, the electrotint, and the herkomergravure, named after its inventor, Hubert Herkomer (English, 1849–1914). Herkomer was a popular painter of portraits and social genre scenes, and an inveterate experimenter in the arts. William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) introduced Herkomer to the monotype process in 1885. Herkomer developed his process by 1897, but first wrote about it in 1892. It may have been in 1902 that Herkomer returned Chase’s favor by introducing him to the herkomergravure, when Chase next returned to England. The process involved smearing ink onto a copper plate and creating the image with fingers and/or brushes, as with the monotype process. Then the plate was dusted with a combination of special powders, dried, and electroplated. The resulting image was a quasi-monotype” (cfr. Andrew Stevens, American Monotypes from the Baker/Pisano Collection, pp. 3-6). Sir Hubert von Herkomer was a German-born British artist, and also a pioneering film-director and composer. Though a very successful portraitist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the poor. Bibliografia Herkomer, Hubert. Etching and Mezzotint Engraving: Lectures Delivered at Oxford. New York: Macmillan, 1892; Andrew Stevens, American Monotypes from the Baker/Pisano Collection, Exh. Cat., by Russell Panczenko, Andrew Stevens, and D. Frederick Baker, pp. 3-6.
Acquaforte e puntasecca, 1910 circa, firmata in alto a sinistra Fisher f. Dedicata dall'artista a Malcolm Salaman; iscrizione con inchiostro marrone in basso a destra: "To Malcolm Salaman from A. Hugh Fisher". Una bella impressione, stampata su carta avorio, con margini, in buone condizioni. Malcolm Charles Salaman (Londra 6 settembre 1855 - 22 gennaio 1940) è stato un autore, giornalista e critico inglese. Fu educato alla University College School e all'Owens College di Manchester. Anche se aveva studiato ingegneria meccanica per quattro anni, divenne un giornalista e pubblicò due settimanali. I suoi scritti critici erano dedicati principalmente alle stampe e alle opere teatrali. Dal 1883 al 1894 fu critico drammatico e d'arte per il Sunday Times, e dal 1890 al 1899 fu nello staff di The Graphic. Scrisse regolarmente sulle stampe per le riviste d'arte The Studio e Apollo. Salaman scrisse anche le introduzioni ai 33 volumi della serie Modern Masters of Etching pubblicati tra il 1925 e il 1932 da The Studio, ognuno dei quali conteneva riproduzioni di 12 stampe di un grande incisore. Questa serie includeva volumi su Frank Brangwyn, Alphonse Legros, Ernest Stephen Lumsden, Malcolm Osborne e Edmund Blampied. Hugh Fisher si dedicò inizialmente all'incisione paesaggistica e architettonica, ma fu anche un abile incisore e incisore di ritratti, studi di figure e raffigurazioni di animali. Bibliografia H. Fisher, 'Catalogue of Etchings and Drypoint by A. Hugh Fisher', 1927. Etching and drypoint, circa 1910, signed at upper left Fisher f. Dedicated by the artis to Malcolm Salaman; inscribed woth brown ink at lower right: “To Malcolm Salaman from A. Hugh Fisher”. A fine impression, printed on ivory wove paper, with margins, good condition. Malcolm Charles Salaman (London 6 September 1855 – 22 January 1940) was an English author, journalist and critic. He was educated at University College School and at Owens College, Manchester. Although he had studied mechanical engineering for four years, he became a journalist, and edited two weekly papers. His critical writing was devoted chiefly to prints and to plays. From 1883 to 1894 he was dramatic and art critic for the Sunday Times, and from 1890 to 1899 was on the staff of The Graphic. He wrote regularly on prints for the art magazines The Studio and Apollo. Salaman also wrote the introductions to the 33 volume series Modern Masters of Etching published between 1925 and 1932 by The Studio, each of which contained reproductions of 12 prints by a great etcher. This series included volumes on Frank Brangwyn, Alphonse Legros, Ernest Stephen Lumsden, Malcolm Osborne and Edmund Blampied. Hugh Fisher initially dedicated himself to landscape and architectural engraving, however he was also an accomplished etcher and engraver of portraits, figure studies and animal depictions. Bibliografia H. Fisher, 'Catalogue of Etchings and Drypoint by A. Hugh Fisher', 1927.
Acquaforte e bulino, 1635, firmata e datata in lastra in alto, a puntasecca: Rembrandt ft 1635; sotto l’ovale l’iscrizione Quem pia miarari plebes, quem castra solebant, / damnare et mores aula coacta suos. Jactatus multum, nec tantum fructus ab anni / WTENBOGARDUS sic tuus, Haga redit. HGrotius. (La corte secolare fu costretta a condannare sia l’uomo tanto ammirato, sia le sue convinzioni. L’Aja, il tuo Uytenbogaert ritorna a te dopo lungo errare, provato solo dagli anni. Ugo Grozio). Esemplare nel V stato di VI, con i margini della lastra ripuliti. Magnifica prova, impressa su carta vergata coeva priva di filigrana, rifilata al rame, leggere ossidazioni in basso, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione. Il ritratto raffigurato è quello del predicatore Johannes Uytenbogaert (1577-1644), all’età di settantotto anni. Personaggio illustre ed assai influente del tempo, divenne il leader della Rimostranza, una corrente liberale della chiesa calvinista che formalizzava la dottrina di Arminio. Al Concilio di Dort (1618- 1619) la Rimostranza fu condannata e i seguaci perseguitati: Uytenbogaert fu costretto all’esilio, per porter far ritorno all’Aja solo nel 1629. La didascalia di Grozio - a sua volta appartenente alla fazione dei rimostranti e esiliato nel 1635 – non si limita a rievocare questi eventi, ma intende sottolineare il ritorno di Uytenbogaert a L'Aja. È probabile che il ritratto sia ordinato per diffonderne le stampe fra gli amici e gli estimatori dell'anziano pastore. Potrebbe essere lo stesso Uy- tenbogaert a commissionarlo, ma non è detto. Due anni prima Rembrandt lo ritrae in un dipinto, su richiesta di Abraham Antonisz. Recht, un mercante favorevole ai rimostranti. In quella occasione Uytenbogaert posa per Rembrandt, mentre per l'acquaforte non è sicuro che ciò sia avvenuto: infatti, nelle due opere il viso dell'uomo è rappresentato in modo quasi identico, perfino nelle ciocche di capelli che sfuggono dallo zucchetto. Per la testa, Rembrandt deve essere partito da un disegno oggi perduto. Esemplare in cornice dorata settecentesca. Bibliografia Hind 128; Bartsch 279; White & Boon 279, V/VI; E. Hinterding, Rembrandt, Dipinti, incisioni e riflessi sul ‘600 e ‘700 italiano, p.120, 26. Etching and engraving, 1635, signed and dated at upper edge Rembrandt ft 1635. Inscribed in Latin beneath the image: Quem pia miarari plebes, quem castra solebant, / damnare et mores aula coacta suos. Jactatus multum, nec tantum fructus ab anni / WTENBOGARDUS sic tuus, Haga redit. HGrotius. Example of the fifth state of six. Magnificent work, printed on contemporary laid paper without watermark, closely trimmed to the platemark, light oxidations at lower part, otherwise in good condition. Johannes Uytenbogaert (1557-1644), an important political and theological figure of the period , was a leader of the Dutch Remonstrants and a former chaplain to Maurice, Prince of Orange. Following the views of Jacobus Arminius, the Remonstrants presented to the States-General in 1610 a 'Remonstrance', setting forth their points of divergence from stricter Calvinism. Attacked on all sides, they were expelled from the Netherlands by the Protestant Synod of Dort (1618-19), which declared Remonstrant theology contrary to Scripture. Allowed back in the Netherlands by 1630, they were officially recognised in 1798. The inscription, in Latin, is far more extensive than in Rembrandt's other prints, and was composed by the leading Remonstrant Hugo de Groot - a Remonstrant still in exile in 1635. It alludes to Wtenbogaert's piety and court service, as well as his 'comeback' to the Hague in 1629. Rembrandt had previously depicted Uytenbogaert in a painting of 1633, in which the minister stands before a table and a large opened book (the portrait survives in the Rijksmuseum). Bibliografia Hind 128; Bartsch 279; White & Boon 279, V/VI; E. Hinterding, Rembrandt, Dipinti, incisioni e riflessi sul ‘600 e ‘700 italiano, p.120, 26.
Bulino, datato in lastra 1597. Sulla cornice ovale: ‘BARTHOLOMAEUS SPRANGER, S. CAES. M. PICTOR CELEBERRIMUS’. Nel cartiglio in basso: ‘NATURAE OMNIPARENTI / PRAESTANTISSIMI EIUS AEMULI IMAGINEM,/INVIDIA GEMENTE/D D/IOANNES AB ACH.S.ITEM/CAES. M. PICTOR / An o 1597’ Nel margine inferior, al centro ‘In perpetuam amici memoriam Joan Mullerus grato lubentique animo aeri incidebat / F.de Wit excudit’. Ritratto di Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611) in cornice ovale, affiancato da due putti con trombe, uno scudo, una lancia e un elmo. Il ritratto ovale è basato su un modello (probabilmente un dipinto) di Hans von Aachen. Entrambi gli artisti dedicano esplicitamente la stampa in amicizia a Spranger. Durante questo periodo Jan Muller diventò il principale incisore dei disegni di Spranger, il famoso pittore di corte di Praga, ed è intorno a questo period che ha produsse dieci incisioni, la maggior parte di un formato abbastanza grande, basati sui disegni del celebre pittore. Spranger inviava i suoi disegni ad Amsterdam e un certo numero di di prove di stampa esistenti rivelano che questi furono inviati a Praga per la correzione. Muller probabilmente non incontrò Spranger fino alla visita di quest'ultimo nei Paesi Bassi nel 1602. Si può supporre che Hans von Aachen (1552 - 1615), un altro pittore alla corte di Praga, abbia inviato il ritratto di Spranger (sia esso dipinto o disegnato) affinché Muller lo utilizzasse come modello per la sua incisione; la cornice, tuttavia, fu disegnata da Muller stesso. Il disegno tracciato da Muller per la cornice, con un disegno inziale per il ritratto attaccato all'interno, è conservato ad Amsterdam ( Rijkprentenkabinet), ed è possibile seguire con precisione la realizzazione della stampa attraverso ogni fase successiva: prima venne inciso il volto nella lastra, poi il resto della figura, dopo di che la cornice e infine la decorazione. Bellissima prova, ricca di toni, impressa su carta vergata coeva, rifilata al rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Engraving, dated on plate 1597.On the frame: ‘BARTHOLOMAEUS SPRANGER, S. CAES. M. PICTOR CELEBERRIMUS’ Inscribed on the bottom, on cartouche: ‘NATURAE OMNIPARENTI / PRAESTANTISSIMI EIUS AEMULI IMAGINEM,/INVIDIA GEMENTE/D D/IOANNES AB ACH.S.ITEM/CAES. M. PICTOR / An o 1597’ inscribed on the bottom: ‘In perpetuam amici memoriam Joan Mullerus grato lubentique animo aeri incidebat / F.de Wit excudit’. Bust portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611) in oval frame, flanked by two putti with trumpets, a shield, spear and a helmet. “The oval portrait is based on a model (probably a painting) by Hans von Aachen. Both artists explicitly dedicate the print in friendship to Spranger. During this period Jan Muller had become the chief engraver of the designs by Spranger, the famous court painter of Prague, and it was around now he produced ten engravings, most of a fairly large format, after his designs. Spranger sent his drawn designs to Amsterdam and a number of extant proof impressions reveal that these were sent to Prague for correction. Muller probably did not meet Spranger until the latter’s visit to the Netherlands in 1602. It can be assumed that Hans von Aachen (1552 – 1615), another painter at the Prague court, sent Spranger’s portrait (whether painted or drawn) for Muller to use as a model for his print; the frame, however, was designed by Muller himself. Muller’s traced design for the frame, with the initial design for the portrait engraving attached inside, has been preserved (Amsterdam, Rijkprentenkabinet), and it is possible to follow the making of the print precisely through each successive stage: first the face was engraved in the plate, then the rest of the figure, after which the frame and finally the circumscription were engraved.” F. Kok, Artists Portrayed by Their Friends: Goltzius and His Circle, in Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art,Vol. 24, pp. 167-168. A fine example printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, in good condition. Le Blanc, 69; F. Kok, Artists Portrayed by Their Friends: Goltzius and His Circle, in Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art,Vol. 24, pp. 167-168.