DUTCH AND FLEMISH ARTISTS | A COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS

Property from the Collection of the Late Walter L. Strauss
DUTCH AND FLEMISH ARTISTS
16th and 17th Century
A COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS

Sixty-seven engravings, circa 1563-1626, including Hendrik Hondius I Frontispiece with Skull and Sand Glass, Memento Mori (Holl. 20); with Johann Theodor de Bry The Country Fair (Holl. 12); with Adriaen Collaert The Life and Passion of Christ (New Holl 174-224), the complete set of 51; with Philips Galle The Four Evangelists, the set of four; The Misery of Human Life, the set of six; and Ops (New Holl. 235-238, 287-292, 382); with Aegidius Sadeler II Cottage Partly Built on Piles near a Canal (Holl. 232) (with a later copy on wove); and Johan Wierix Orpheus Charming the Animals (M-H. 1603), each unframed
smallest sheet (M-H 1603): 125 by 182mm 5 by 7¼in
largest sheet (New Holl. 287): 270 by 345mm 10⅝ by 13⅝in
(67)

Condition Report:
Collaert album: The prints with narrow margins, in generally good condition, Pl. 31 with a few small surface losses at right edge. A few plates with occasional short repaired tears, thin areas at the corners and some further minor defects.

Philips Galle, The Four Evangelists: With narrow margins, New Holl. 235 trimmed to subject at left, in generally good condition, a few repaired tears and small thinned areas, a few minor stains and some foxing, other minor defects. New Holl. 237 with some small losses to image at left and right.

Johann Theodor de Bry The Country Fair after Hans Sebald Beham: With thread margins, trimmed to the platemark in places, in generally good condition, a few minor stains, repairs at sheet edges and slight rubbing along lower edge.

Philips Galle, The Misery of Human Life: With wide margins, some repaired tears with associated stains in the margins, a few minute wormholes in the margins, some foxing, stains and discoloration mainly in the margins, numbering in pen and ink at the upper sheet corners, other minor defects.

Galle, Ops (New Holl. 382): with small margins, in good condition, a few nicks at sheet edges, minor paper discoloration.

Aegidius Sadeler II, Cottage Partly Built on Piles near a Canal with a copy: Small to narrow margins, losses at lower left and upper right corners, made up and touched in with pen and ink, other minor defects. (The pears hand-coloured). Copy: Minor discoloration, a few ink stains verso.

Johan Wierix, Orpheus Charming the Animals: With narrow margins, in very good condition.

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