Beham, Hans Sebald (1500-1550)

The Peasants' Festival (Twelve Months) PHILIPVS MEI. 5 IOHANNES BRACHMON 6

The months of May and June; two couples dancing to left; the female figure of the right couple seen from behind from a series of ten engravings. Monogrammed. Bartsch (vol. 8)156l Engraving, trimmed along platemark, tot: 49 x 72 mm. State I/3. This print has been certified as original by Prof. I.Q. van Regteren Altena (1899-1980), curator of the Tylers Museum in Haarlem, in 1970. His notes in pencil. Hollstein (Beham) 156, p. 98.

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Beham, Hans Sebald (1500-1550)

The Peasants' Festival ALDER DV MVST DANCZEN ('Old Man, you must dance')

The peasant's feast; seven male and female figures seated around a table in an arbour at left, three other figures arriving at right; Monogrammed. (Bartsch 164). l Engraving, trimmed on platemark, tot: 48 x 72 mm. II/2 state This engraving has been certified as original by Prof. I.Q. van Regteren Altena (1899-1980), curator of the Tylers Museum in Haarlem, in 1970.

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Beham, Hans Sebald (1500-1550)

The Peasants' Festival 'ICH WIL AUCH MIT' 'DU MACHSTES GAR ZU GROB' ('I want to do it too' 'You are too disgusting')

Peasants behind the fence; at right a vomitting figure admonished by another male figure holding an axe; at left a kissing couple surprised by an onlooker. Monogrammed. (Bartsch 187)l Engraving, small margins, tot: 52 x 73 mm. 2/II state. This engraving has been certified as original by Prof. I.Q. van Regteren Altena (1899-1980), curator of the Tylers Museum in Haarlem, in 1970.

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Delaune, Etienne (1518-1595)

April [The twelve months

Fourth engraving from the suite of 12 entitled 'Première Suite des Mois de l'Année' with an allegory of the month of April. Wreaths with elements recalling hunting decorate the frame; the medaillon at the top center contains the zodiacal sign of the Taurus. A hunting scene with a man on a horse chasing a deer being taken by two dogs. Other two men are running on he ground blowing hunting horns. In the background a montanious landscape. At the bottom on a cartouche: 'Aprilis flores aperit avibusq. canoris / Paria dat laetas ostendit arbore frondes / Cum pri Regis' l Engraving on paper, trimmed within platemark; total: 177 x 238 mm. State I/2 before plate numbering. Small stain on the right, on the decorative frame

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Delaune, Etienne (1518-1595)

August [The twelve months

Eighth engraving from the suite of 12 entitled 'Première Suite des Mois de l'Année' with an allegory of the month of August. Wreaths with elements recalling harvest decorate the frame; the medaillon at the top center contains the zodiacal sign of the Virgo. Men and women are performing the crop harvest on the right. The harvest is being collected and drained at the center. On the background a lanscape. At the bottom on a cartouche: 'Foelices Auguste iacis, bona dum sua norunt. / Agricolas, fruges illis, fructusq. rependens. / Cum pri. Regis'; nr. ´29´on the bottom right. l Engraving on paper, trimmed within platemark; total: 186 x 247 mm. State I/2 before plate numbering. Pasted on thicker paper, margin damaged especially to the right.

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Delaune, Etienne (1518-1595)

December [The twelve months

Twelfth engraving from the suite of 12 entitled 'Première Suite des Mois de l'Année' with an allegory of the month of December. Wreaths with sausages and salami decorate the frame; the medaillon at the top center contains the zodiacal sign of the Capricorn. A man cooking pigs in the center of the composition while a woman and a man are baking breads on the right. At the bottom on a cartouche: 'Ite sue alio, vos vult enecare December / Ille ferit glebas, vt dulcia semina seruet / Cum pri Regis'. On the bottom right nr.´33´l Engraving on paper, trimmed within platemark; total: 180 x 241 mm. State I/2 before plate numbering. Repaired on the top margin.

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Delaune, Etienne (1518-1595)

June [The twelve months

Sixth engraving from the suite of 12 entitled 'Première Suite des Mois de l'Année' with an allegory of the month of June. Wreaths with jars, sheeps and items for shearing decorate the frame; the medaillon at the top center contains the zodiacal sign of the Cancer. In the foreground women are shearing sheeps and rams under the watch of a shepherd. On the left a woman is milking a cow. To the right a hilly background. At the bottom on a cartouche: 'Iunio mulctra valet butyris, caseoq. recenti / Vellus praebet, ouis, apibusq. aluearia feruent / Cum pri Regis'. On the bottom right corner number ´27´added in ink. l Engraving on paper, trimmed within platemark; total: 176 x 239 mm. State I/2 before plate numbering. Repaired on the verso in the center.

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Delaune, Etienne (1518-1595)

October [The twelve months

Tenth engraving from the suite of 12 entitled 'Première Suite des Mois de l'Année' with an allegory of the month of October. Wreaths with grapes and wine decorate the frame; the medaillon at the top center contains the zodiacal sign of the Scorpio. In the central composition men are pressing the grapes to make the wine which is collected in barrels on the right. On the background on the hills men are harvesting grapes. At the bottom on a cartouche: 'Bubus arat terras vel equis, spargitq. vicissim / Triticeas October opes, pia dona columbis / Cum pri Regis'. Nr. ´31´ on the bottom right.l Engraving on paper, trimmed within platemark; total: 177 x 240 mm. State I/2 before plate numbering.

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Book number: 60070

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