Picart, Bernard (1673-1733)

Clytie changée en tournesol (Clytia change'd into a Turnesole)

From the 'Tafereel of beschryving van den prachtigen tempel der zang-godinnen...', also known as 'Le Temple des Muses' published in Amsterdam in 1733, containing histories drawn from Greek mythology, written by A.de la Barre de Beaumarchais with plates by Bernard Picart. The plates are all finely engraved and are composed with a central part dedicated to the illustration of the story and a larger one, framing the previous, inhabited with details inspired to the central plate. For the whole book see Booknr. 50936 [XV, p. 37-38] The nymph Clytie, in love with Helios, jealous of his new lover Leucothea, run to the father of the latter telling him of his daughter's affair with the god. Orchamus (this is the name of the father) was so angry that he buried his own daughter alive in the sand. Helios became upset with Clytie and abandoned her definitely. So she stand in solitude in the desert among the rocks for nine days looking at the sun. After those days she was turned into a sunflower. Picart represents the nymph leaning against the rocks, naked, looking towards the sky where her lover Helios is riding his chariot in the clouds. a small putto is mourning together with the nymph who bears already the signs of her metamorphoses: upon her head are blossoming a couple of sun flowers. Signed on the lower left corner: 'B. Picart dir.' Lettered in four languages on the bottom: 'CLYTIE CHANGÉE EN TOURNESOL. / Clytia change'd into a Turnesole / Clytia in eine Sonne-blumme verändert. / Clytia in een Sonne-bloeme verandert '. On the bottom of the engraved frame on the left: 'B. Picart del. 1731' l Engraving on fine laid paper; lily watermark in the center; one plate engraving: platemark: 356 x 258 mm; total: 483 x 307 mm. PLIT013

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Picart, Bernard, Le Romain (1673-1733)

Het doorbreken van de St. Anthonis Dijk buiten Amsterdam op den 5e maart 1651

On March 5, 1651 St. Anthonis dike broke at Houtewael, near Diemen. Much of Amstelland came under water. Many artists have depicted this breakthrough. In the picture he extreme violence with which he water invaded the territory. Signed and dated lower left: B. Picart sculp. di. 1728. On the top right margin: Tom: II. Pag. 556.l Engraving on laid paper, stunning conditions, in passepartout; total: 390 x 486 mm. PH4N

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Picart, Bernard, Le Romain (1673-1733)

Het doorbreken van de St. Anthonis Dijk buiten Amsterdam op den 5e maart 1651

On March 5, 1651 St. Anthonis dike broke at Houtewael, near Diemen. Much of Amstelland came under water. Many artists have depicted this breakthrough. In the picture he extreme violence with which he water invaded the territory. Signed and dated lower left: B. Picart sculp. di. 1728, above right: Tom: II. Pag: 556l Engraving on laid paper, with margins; platemark: 270 x 355 mm; tot: 347 x 433 mm, folded in the center. tear repeared; some dirt and tears along the margins. On the verso stamp in blue 'Doublet'. PH4N

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Picart, Bernard (1673-1733)

Iphis se pend de desespoir de n'avoir pu se faire aime d'Anaxarete (Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete)

From the 'Tafereel of beschryving van den prachtigen tempel der zang-godinnen...', also known as 'Le Temple des Muses' published in Amsterdam in 1733, containing histories drawn from Greek mythology, written by A.de la Barre de Beaumarchais with plates by Bernard Picart. The plates are all finely engraved and are composed with a central part dedicated to the illustration of the story and a larger one, framing the previous, inhabited with details inspired to the central plate. For the whole book see Booknr. 50936 [LIII, p. 138-139] Iphis was a shepherd who fell in love with the cold hearted Anaxarete. She did not return his love, and treated him so badly that out of desperation the man hung himself in front of her house door. Signed on the lower left corner: 'B. Picart sculp dir.' Lettered in four languages on the bottom: 'IPHIS SE PEND DE DESEDPOIR DE N'AVOIR PU SE FAIRE AIME D'ANAXARETE / Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete / Iphis erhebt sich aus Liebe und Bezweiflung. / Iphis verhangt zich, dewyle hy Anazaretes niet tot liefde konde beweegen'. On the bottom of the engraved frame on the left: 'B. Picart del.' l Engraving on fine laid paper; internal platemark: 248 x 174 mm; external plate: 358 x 254 mm; total: 490 x 312 mm. Two tears, on on the lower margin and one on the right border until the external border of the external frame. PLIT013

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Picart, Bernard (1673-1733)

Lycaon transformé en loup (Lycaon metamorphosed into a Wolf) - engraving

From the 'Tafereel of beschryving van den prachtigen tempel der zang-godinnen...', also known as 'Le Temple des Muses' published in Amsterdam in 1733, containing histories drawn from Greek mythology, written by A.de la Barre de Beaumarchais with plates by Bernard Picart. The plates are all finely engraved and are composed with a central part dedicated to the illustration of the story and a larger one, framing the previous, inhabited with details inspired to the central plate. For the whole book see Booknr. 50936 [XVII, p. 41-42] Lycaon was a king of Arcadia. As depicted in the scene Lycaon tested Zeus by serving him the roasted flesh of a guest in order to see whether the god was truly omniscient. In return for these gruesome deeds Zeus turned Lycaon into a wolf and killed all his sons with lightning bolts. In the background in fact are two young men trying to escape a fire, whereas in the foreground Zeus, seated at the table of Lycaon has already turned the protagonist into a wolf. Signed on the lower left corner: 'B. Picart sculp. dir.' Lettered in four languages on the bottom: 'LYCAON TRANSFORMÉ EN LOUP / Lycaon metamorphosed into a Wolf. / Lycaon in ein Wolf verändert./ Lycaon in een Wolf verandert'. On the bottom of the engraved frame on the left: 'B. Picart del. 1731' l Engraving on fine laid paper; internal platemark: 250 x 178 mm; external plate: 358 x 258 mm; total: 487 x 303 mm. small damages on the lower border and some stains on the top border, yet the engraved part is flawless. PLIT013

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Picart, Bernard (1673-1733)

La toile de Penelope (Penelope's web)

From the 'Tafereel of beschryving van den prachtigen tempel der zang-godinnen...', also known as 'Le Temple des Muses' published in Amsterdam in 1733, containing histories drawn from Greek mythology, written by A.de la Barre de Beaumarchais with plates by Bernard Picart. The plates are all finely engraved and are composed with a central part dedicated to the illustration of the story and a larger one, framing the previous, inhabited with details inspired to the central plate. For the whole book see Booknr. 50936 [L, p. 131-133] Penelope waited twenty years for the return of her husband Odysseus, during which she devises various strategies to delay marrying one of the many suitors. She has devised tricks to delay her suitors, one of which was pretending to be weaving a burial shroud for Laertes, Odysseus's father and claiming that she will choose a suitor when she has finished. Picart represents Penelope in the act of destroying the work she had been doing during the day. Signed on the lower left corner: 'B. Picart dir.' Lettered in four languages on the bottom: 'LA TOILE DE PENELOPE / Penelope's web / Das Lucht von Penelope / 't Linnen van Penelope'. On the bottom of the engraved frame on the left: 'B. Picart del.' l Engraving on fine laid paper; platemark: 354 x 254 mm; total: 484 x 306 mm. PLIT013

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N° du livre: 59678

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Podestá, Giovanni Andrea (1608-c.1674)

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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N° du livre: 60188

Catalogue: (general) Allegory Prenten Prints prent

Possemiers, Adriaen (fl. 1676-1685); after Teniers II, David (1610-1690)

Two peasants in an interior

In an interior of an inn a peasant man seated at a table and smoking a pipe while holding a glass. To the right a jug is resting on the table. Behind the man a woma is holding a glass. Signed on the bottom: 'D. Teniers Pinx. Adr Possemiers ex. A gand' l Engraving on paper, with small margins; platemark: 197 x 135 mm; total 210 x 148 mm; small damage on the wrist of the man. Pasted on larger sheet on the upper margin. PG013

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N° du livre: 59766

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Probst, Johann Friedrich (1721-1781), after Roos, Johann Heinrich (1631-1685)

Etwelche Arten von Vieh...

Sheeps resting in front a ruine of a column in a landscape. On the left on a path a shepherd with cattle walking towards the background. Reversed copy of version in Bartsch, 25. Title page of the second part of the serie. Titled on he foot of the column:'Etwelche Arten von Vieh, / Inventiert un gezeichnet von / J. heinrich Roos. / Verlegts Jeremias Wolff Kunsthandler / In Augs.', on the bottom right inscription has been erased:'[vet: N. 17. Ord: 2/2. Fol: novo N. 12] 1. / [Joh: Frid: Probst, Haered. Jerm: Wolffy, exc. Aug. Vind.]. l Etching on paper, trimmed on platemark; total: 194 x 156 mm; top damaged. Copy Bartch 25 (reversed), III/3 copy Hollstein 25 (Roos)

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Quellinus, Hubert (1619-1687)

Artus Quellinius Antverpiensis Curiæ Amstelodamensium statuarius (Portrait of Artus Quellinus I)

Portrait of Artus Quellinus I (1609-1668) in oval, ribbons and laurel descending from knots on the top corners. On the bottom of the oval frame a stylized animal mask. Cartouche on the bottom ends in acantus leaves. Lettered on cartouche:´Artus Quellinius Antverpiensis / Curiæ Amstelodamensium statuarius. / Hubertus Quellinius, delin. et sculp.´.l Etching on paper; small margins; platemark: 314 x 224 mm, total: 322 x 231 mm; only state. PP01Q (Quellinus)

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N° du livre: 59808

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Sadeler, Raphael I (1560-1632) and Sadeler, Johannes I (1550-1600), after Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603)

AMMON (nr. 26 from the serie ORACULUM ANACHORETICUM)

Ammon reading on the left and on the right other friars in a landscape. Inscribed on the bottom left: 'Sadeler ex'; lettered on the bottom: 'AMMON in Nitra squallentis cultor eremi, / multiplicis fulget fons et origo boni. // sacraque sparsurus pietatis semina, fratrum / undique sollicito convocat ore gregem' numbered below:'26' l Engraving on paper; broad margins; platemark: 168 x 209 mm; total: 220 x 268 mm.

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Sadeler, Raphael I (1560-1632) and Sadeler, Johannes I (1550-1600), after Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603)

EULOGIUS (nr. 16 from the serie SOLITUDO SIVE VITAE PATRUM EREMICOLARUM)

Eulogius in the wildness, under a tree on the left, eading the Bible; on the right a landscape with houses and figures. Late impression. Nr. 16 from the series. Signed on the bottom left: 'Sadeler excudit' Lettered in latin below:'Malui EVLOGIVS desertas quaerere sedes, / Qua terere urbani splendida tecta soli. / Hinc fratres munire suos pietate laborat / Impiaq. plangere facta suae.' Hollstein, de Vos 980. l Engraving on paper; broad margins; platemark: 176 x 216 mm; total: 221 x 272 mm. Close to the top margin holes for previous binding PB01SS(Eulogius)

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N° du livre: 59684

Catalogue: Prenten Prints Religion prent

Sadeler, Raphael I (1560-1632) and Sadeler, Johannes I (1550-1600), after Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603)

LEONARDUS (nr. 11 from the serie ORACULUM ANACHORETICUM)

Leonardus on the right under a tree reading from the Bible. Towards the left a chapel with Mary and Child. A friar digging a whole in the ground and further a landscape. Late impression. Inscribed on the bottom left: 'cu privilegio / Su Ponti. et Cae'; 'Joa. Sadeler /sculpsit et exc.'; towards the right: 'Martin de Vos figur.'; lettered on the bottom: 'Nobilio hic ille est LEONARDUS; sustulit olim / De sacris puerum Rex Clodoueus aquis. / Discipulos, edemq[ue]' habuit; Pastorq[ue] virorum / Ne fieret, socius maluit esse feris.' Hollstein de Vos, 1061l Engraving on paper; broad margins; platemark: 168 x 207 mm; total: 216 x 271 mm. In the sky towards the right a line in ink. PB01SS(Leonardus)

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N° du livre: 59690

Catalogue: Prenten Prints Religion prent

Sadeler, Raphael I (1560-1632) and Sadeler, Johannes I (1550-1600), after Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603)

NATHANAELIS (nr. 4 from the serie ORACULUM ANACHORETICUM)

Nathaniel rejects an incursion of the Devil who took the shape of a kid in need of help o move his donkey. Late impression. Inscribed on the bottom center, towards the right: 'cum privil. Sum Pontif. et Caes. Ma.'; 'Raph. Sadeler sculp M. de Vos fig. '; lettered on the bottom: 'Mentitus puerum Daemon, mentitus Aselli / Casum, implorabat NATHANAELIS opem. / Ars erat hec, dulci qua clausum educeret antro. / Stulte puer speras huic dare verba seni?' Hollstein de Vos, 1054l Engraving on paper; broad margins; platemark: 166 x 208 mm; total: 218 x 272 mm. PB01SS(Nathaniel)

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Sadeler, Raphael I (1560-1632) and Sadeler, Johannes I (1550-1600), after Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603)

ONOFRIUS (nr. 27 from the serie SOLITUDO SIVE VITAE PATRUM EREMICOLARUM)

Onofrius in the wlderness, kneeling on the rocks and praying after the Bible. Late impression. Signed on the bottom left, close to the center: 'Sadeler excudit' Lettered in latin below: 'Divinis oculis pergratus ONOFRIUS, aeuum / Traduxit rara sobrietate suum. / Inq[ue] cavo degens, palmaru ubi copia, monte, / Herbarum pastu depusit esuriem' Hollstein, de Vos 991. l Engraving on paper; broad margins; platemark: 178 x 215 mm; total: 226 x 276 mm. PB01SS(Onofrius)

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N° du livre: 59686

Catalogue: Prenten Prints Religion prent