ID 1250775
Lot 81 | AFTER PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
Five Engravings of Devotional Subjects
Adoration of the Magi, by Adriaen Lommelin (1637- circa 1673), 1664, on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily, a fine, luminous impression of the second state (of four), printing strongly and with guidelines on the text;
Ecclesiastical Dispute of the Holy Sacrament, by Hendrick Snyers (1621-1667), 1643, on laid paper, watermark Coat of Arms, countermark Letters, a brilliant, rich impression, printing very strongly and with great contrasts;
Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, by Willem de Leeuw (1603- circa 1665), etching and engraving, circa 1620-65, on laid paper, watermark Gothic P (?), countermark Letters GA, a fine impression;
Martyrdom of Saint Livinus, by Cornelis van Caukercken (1626- circa 1681), 1657, on laid paper, watermark Name of Jesus, a very fine impression of the second state (of four), printing richly and with great contrasts;
Martyrdom of Saint Thomas of India, by Jacobus Neeffs (1604- after 1667), circa 1638-60, on laid paper, watermark indistinct, countermark Initials CP(?), a fine impression of the first state (of two), printing with great clarity and contrasts and a light plate tone;
generally in good condition
Sheet 597 x 437 mm (H. 3)
Plate 623 x 464 mm., Sheet 625 x 466 mm. (H. 5)
Sheet 538 x 398 mm. (H. 7)
Plate & Sheet 656 x 440 mm. (H. 8)
Sheet 573 x 441 mm. (H. 20)(5)
Provenance
With Colnaghi & Co., London; Rubens and his Engravers ,1977, no. 31B, 59, 61, 97. (their stocknubers K718(56), (106), (65) and (43) in pencil verso) (H. 3, 5, 7-8)
With Colnaghi & Co., London (their stocknuber K718(46) in pencil verso).
Christie's, London, 22 May 1979, lot 70. (H. 20)
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired from the above and at the above sale, respectively. (All)
Literature
Hollstein 3 (Caukerken), 5 (Lommelin), 7 (Leeuw), 8 (Snyers), 20 (Neeffs)
Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) |
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Applied technique: | Engraving |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe |
Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) |
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Applied technique: | Engraving |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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