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AER / AQUA / IGNIS / TERRA (The four elements, complete serie)
Complete serie of 'The four elements' by Stefano della Bella. 1) AER: 'air' Landscape with horsemen in the foreground lashed by the wind. On the right trees and another horseman. On the background ascending mountains towards the right and a village in the center; signed bottom left:'Stef. de la Bella jnuent fecit';lettered in the center: 'AER'; bottom right:'ex. Cum Privil. Regis Christ'. 2) AQUA: 'water'; two vessels in a rough sea, high and foamy waves and rain. Signed on the bottom left:'Stef. de la Bella jnuent. fecit.'; lettered in the center:'AQUA'; bottom right:'ex. Cum Priuil. Regis Christ.'. 3) IGNIS: 'fire'; ships on fire on a calm sea; signed bottom left:'Stefano de la Bella jnuet fecit'; lettered in the center:'IGNIS'; bottom right:'ex. Cum Priuil. Regis Christ.'. 4) TERRA: 'earth'; descending landscape from left to right. On the left high rocky mountain, descending towards the left in hill surmounted by a tower, descending further until a flat land with woods. Figures in the foreground left and center. Signed on the bottom left:'Stef. de la Bella jnuent fecit'; lettered in the center:'TERRA'; on the bottom right:'ex. Cum Priuil Regis Christ.' l Etching on paper, trimmed on and within the platemark, in passepartout; 1) total: 82 x 190 mm; slightly damaged on the corners; 2) total: 85 x 195 mm; small damages on the corners; 3) total: 81 x 190 mm; small damage on the top right corner 4) total: 86 x
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MUNDUS VULT DECIPI
A soldier is standing in the center being mocked by seven personages surrounding him, three on the left and four on the right respectively. The inscription above reads 'MUNDUS VULT DECIPI', meaning that 'the world wants to be deceived'; this soldier, then, is being deceived by these grotesque figures. On the background a landscape with a village on the top of the hill. This same plate was reused in 1720 in 'Tafereel der Dwaasheid' as nr. 67, where lines of text are added as dialog between the personages. Signed on the bottom: 'P. Q. delin.'; 'C.L. sculp.'; 'Carolus Allard excudit cum privil: / Ord: Holl: et West fr:'. Lettered in French at the feet of the soldier:'Voici le Guerrier, object de raillerie / De la sagesse et non pas moins de la folie. / Courage feminin anime le heros, / Et en temps de danger ne se tient en repos. / L'Urinal, que voilį, indique les miseres, / Qui mźme aux innocens arrivent ą la guerre.' On the bottom verses in Dutch:'Diogenes ontstak bij dag-licht zijn Lantaren, / En om te zoeken waar recht-schapen menschen waren, / Quam op de Markt, daar volk van alle soorten stond, / Die hij, elk na haar aard, berispend heeft doorgrond. / De Wijsgeer, bezig om den waaren mensch t'ontdekken, / Bevond de Waereld valsch, en voorst een Kooy vol Gekken.' l Engraving on paper with small margins; platemark: 300 x 382 mm; total: 317 x 390 mm; paper evenly yellowed. PALL01
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Catalogue: (general) Allegory Prenten Prints prent
De Milddaadigheid aan de dankbaare roomsche armen; by de eerste afgifte van brood, op den grond des geweezen schouwburgs te Amsterdam, den vyfden December
Allegory of the help provided by the city of Amsterdam to the poor Catholics on december the 5th 1787. Charitas sits on a throne with the arms of Amsterdam holding a cornucopia; beside her poor people, a man a woman and a child. Two putti are looking at a sheet of paper with a representation of the house of the indigents in Amsterdam situated on the Keisergracht 384. In the sky the eye of God. Titled above in the center:“DE / MILDDAADIGHEID / AAN / DE DANKBAARE ROOMSCHE ARMEN; / BY DE EERSTE AFGIFTE VAN BROOD, / OP DE GROND / DES GEWEEZEN SCHOUWBURGS / TE AMSTERDAM, / Den vyfden December.“ below the representation: ““t WeLeer VerWoest tooneeL, “t paLeIs Der poezIJ, / strekt V, behoeftIg MensCh! hIer tot een bakkerIJ. / J.F. Delfing“. Signed on the bottom left of the representation:“N.v.d. Meer Jan del. et sculp.“ on the bottom right:“F. J. v. Tetroode“. l Etching and copper engraving on paper; platemark: 273 x 203 mm, total: 286 x 215 mm; foxing and dirt on the margins and on the top; a stain on the left. PALL01
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Op de inwyding van den nieuwen schouwburg te Amsterdam, Den vyftienden September
Plate with allegorical representation of the inauguration of the new theater of Amsterdam the 15th September 1774. The personification of Amsterdam holds a new beehive, in the foreground books with theatrical plays and towards the right two putti are holding a sheet with the representation of the new theater. In the background Apollo and the muses. Titled above:“OP DE INWYDING / VAN DEN / NIEUWEN SCHOUBURG / TE AMSTERDAM, / Den vyftienden September.“ and on the bottom two lines by Delfing:“thans saL De bIJ, op nIeVW, In febVS kVnstkoor zWeeVen, / et“t eeLste,“t WeLk ze“er Leest, Voor Wees en arMen geeVen. / J.F. Delfing“. Signed on the bottom left of the representation:“N.v.d. Meer Jan del. et fec.“ on the bottom right:“J. Smit Excudit“. l Etching and copper engraving on paper, broad margins; platemark: 266 x 197 mm, total: 434 x 575 mm. PALL01
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Personificaiton of Holland between Mars and Mercury
Frontispiece to the second volume of the History of Holland by J. Le Clerc, published in three volumes in 1730 (Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden). The personification of Holland is sitting holding arrows in her hands, on the left Mars and on the right Mercury. A lion is lying under the woman. On a drape hanging towards the lower part of the composition the title reads:'GESCHIEDENISSEN / DER / VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDEN / DOOR / MR. JEAN LE CLERC. / TOM II.' At the feet of Mars: 'G de Lairesse inv.'; at the feet of Mercury: 'I. v. Munnichuysen sculp.' l Etching and engraving on paper; margins; platemark: 297 x 186 mm; total: 345 x 222 mm. Some dirt and foldings on the very end margins, otherwise very fine impression. PLIT013
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Allegory of the Arts and Time
Putti in a landscape engaged in different activities: one is painting a couple of putti on a large canvas resting on a easel. On the top of it a dedication to Guido Reni:'Al Sig. Guido Reni / Apd. P.D.D.D.'; on the bottom left:'Romae apud Franciscum Salvucium'; on a cartouche date:'1640' and eight lines of Latin text:'Pulcher Amicitiam et lasciuu pinting Amore, / Dum Puer Idalius spectat Phebea Ptesis / Musica, quam soquitur Princepsq; huic ....boni summi Phenix est quae quatit alas'. l Etching on paper; trimmed to platemark; total: ; in outstanding conditions; stateI/4, before address of G. Rossi and before change of date. Bartsch 5. On the verso collector's mark Wetterauer, J. E., L.3183
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Catalogue: (general) Allegory Prenten Prints prent
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