Author: REYNST, BROTHERS [Collection]. Reynst, Jan & Gerard Reynst.
Title: Variarum Imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus pictarum caelaturae elegantissimis tabulis repraesentatae. Ipa picturae partim extant apud viduam Gerardi Reynst, quondam huius urbis Senatoris ac Scabini, partim Carolo II. Britanniarum Regi a Potentissimis Hollandiae West-Frisiaeque Ordinibus dono missae sunt.
Description: Amsterdam, n.d. [c. 1655-1660] 1 copper-engraved title-page and 33 (of 34) copper-engraved plates (most of them ca. 30 x 40 cm. image-size). Loose as published. In late 19th. century portfolio. - Lacking plate 10 (The Virgin and child and st. Anne by the School of Raphael engraved by Jeremias Falck) Portfolio sl. worn; margins trimmed to platemark from plates 2 - 4 -13 -19 -32; minimal foxing at the extremities of some of the plates; overall a set in good condition all plates sharp impressions. Collection-stamps on most versos. * Very rare, near complete set. Skillfully executed large sized copper-engravings depicting the paintings from the Reynst brothers art collection. These prints were commissioned from a number of engravers (amongst them Jeremias Falck, Cornelis Visscher and Cornelis van Dalen II). The project probably was initiated around 1655, the year Jeremias Falck arrived in Amsterdam. With the death of Gerard Reynst however, three years later, the work seems to have come to a halt. The works of art assembled by the brothers Gerard and Jan Reynst, both succesful merchants, grew into one of the largest, most important and most special collections of its kind of Italian paintings, antique sculptures, naturalia and various other collector's items in the Netherlands of the middle of the 17th century. The full list of plates present includes: 1. Athena (After Parmigianino and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 2. Male Portrait (After Titian and engraved by Cornelis van Dalen II). 3. Male Portrait (After Lorenzo Lotto and engraved by Cornelis van Dalen II). 4. Portrait of a dominican Friar (After Tintoretto and engraved by Cornelis van Dalen II). 5. Male Portrait (After Titian and engraved by Cornelis van Dalen II). 6. St. Bartholomew (After Guido Reni and engraved by Theodor Matham). 7. Allegory of Painting (After Guido Reni and engraved by Theodor Matham). 8. The Old Courtesan (After Bernardo Strozzi and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 9. Portrait of Isabella d'Este (After Giulio romano and engraved by Pieter Holsteyn II). 10. Lacking. 11. The Virgin and Child and the Infant St. John (After Jacopo Bassano and engraved by Theodor Matham). 12. Christ Carrying the Cross (after Jacopo Bassano and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 13. The Resurrection of Christ (After Veronese and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 14. The Entombment of Christ (after Jacopo Bassano and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 15. The Vision of St. Peter (After Domenico Fetti and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 16. St. Paul in Ecstasy (After Jan Liss and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 17. St. John the Evangelist (After Guido Reni and engraved by Jan Lutma II). 18. The Virgin and Child and St. Anne (Raphael School and engraved by unknown engraver). 19. The Ambush (After Pieter van Laer and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 20. The Adoration of the Shepherds (After Lorenzo Lotto and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 21. The Presentation in the Temple (Andrea Schiavone and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 22. The Virgin and child with Tobias and Saints (After Bonifazio de'Pitati and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 23. the Virgin and Child with Tobias and the Angel (Titian School and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 24. The Marriage of St. Catherine (After Veronese and engraved by Theodor Matham). 25. The Holy family with St. John and Elizabeth (After Titian and engraved and etched by Cornelis Visscher). 26. Portrait of Andrea Odoni (After Lorenzo Lotto and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 27. the Concert (After Giorgione and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 28. Susannah and the Elders (After Guido Reni and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 29. Queen Semiramis Receiving News of the Revolt of Babylon (After Guercino and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 30. The Brother (After Jan Liss and engraved by Jeremias Falck). 31. The Large Limekiln (After Pieter van Laer and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 32. The Shot with the Pistol (After Pieter van Laer and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 33. The Annuniation to the Shepherds (After Jacopo Bassano and engraved by Cornelis Visscher). 34. Abraham leaving haran (After Jacopo Bassano and engraved by Cornelis Visscher).

Keywords: Graphic Italian art Painting Grafiek Italiaanse kunst Schilderkunst