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[The Crucifixion.]
[The Crucifixion.]
[after Hendrik Goltzius.]
[n.d., c.1600.
Engraving, fine impression. Sheet 205 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Narrow margins.
A reversed copy of one of the ten plates of 'The Passion' by Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617), a painter and engraver of the Haarlem School whose work epitomized the extravagance and virtuosity of Dutch Mannerism.
[Ref: 41722]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Litis Abusus plate 1] [Egoism dispels the Virtues] Les Abus du Proces. Misbruyck vant Proces.
[Litis Abusus plate 1] [Egoism dispels the Virtues] Les Abus du Proces. Misbruyck vant Proces.
[after Hendrik Goltzius] Theodor. Galle sculp.
J. Galle excud. [n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving. 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crease with tear in margin.
Allegorical figures of Mine and Thine dispell Concord, Love, Peace, and the Fear of God. The first in a series of eight plates critiquing the greed and deceit of litigation, with text in Latin, Dutch & French. Legal interest.
State with French text added. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66765]   £460.00  
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[Litis Abusus plate 2] [Above Commercial Law] Invida Fraus, turpis Fallacia, Scriptor aberrans...
[Litis Abusus plate 2] [Above Commercial Law] Invida Fraus, turpis Fallacia, Scriptor aberrans...
[after Hendrik Goltzius][Adr. Collaert sculp.]
[J. Galle excud.] [n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving. 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crease, tear in margin.
Two merchants conclude a trade agreement on a quay, shaking hands as one one swears an oath. The personifications of Fraus (Fraud) and Falsehood (Fallacia) accompany them. A blindfolded (and therefore unknowing) notary records the (false) agreement. The second in a series of eight plates critiquing the greed and deceit of litigation, with text in Latin, Dutch & French.
State with French text engraved over insciptions. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66766]   £520.00  
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[Litis Abusus plate 3] [Desire & other bad for the Court case] Auri cæca fames, Sua mens, Extrema voluntas...
[Litis Abusus plate 3] [Desire & other bad for the Court case] Auri cæca fames, Sua mens, Extrema voluntas...
[after Hendrik Goltzius][[Corn. Galle fecit.]
Joan. Galle excud. [n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving. 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"), with large margins
The personification of Lis (a man with a wolf's head, a hellish mouth for a belly and screws for legs) is accompanied by the personifications of Bad Opinion and Legacy. They follow Blind Desire (a Cupid figure with a money bag over his eyes). Mine and Thine walk behind Lis. The third in a series of eight plates critiquing the greed and deceit of litigation, with text in Latin, Dutch & French. Legal interest
State with French text engraved over engraver's name. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66767]   £480.00  
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[Man drinking]
[Man drinking]
HGolts f
P Goos ex [c.1600]
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed around image; staining at corners; crease bottom left.
Genre etching possibly by Henrik Goltzius.
[Ref: 47781]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Christophe Plantin.]
[Christophe Plantin.]
Engraved by Engleheart from a Print by Goltius.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Steel engraving. Printed area 150 x 120mm, 6 x 4¾".
Portrait of Christophe Plantin (1520-89), based on a woodcut by Hendrick Goltzius. Plantin, a French publisher based in Antwerp, is best known today as the publisher of Ortelius's landmark atlas, the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. The building that housed his business still exists, with the records of the firm intact, now the Plantin-Moretus Museum.
[Ref: 18615]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Four Times of Day.]
[The Four Times of Day.] Aurora. [&] Meridies. [&] Vespera. [&] Nox.
HG Inven [after Hendrik Goltzius]
Si stampano Gio. Jacomo Rossi in Roma alla Pace [c.1600]
Set of four engravings, each sheet approx 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Trimmed; some staining; tear to 'Aurora'.
The four times of day: morning, midday, evening and night. Set of engravings copied in reverse after the 1595 set by Jan Saenredam, who himself was engraving designs by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617). In the 1580s Goltzius was in Italy but by 1591 he was back in his native Netherlands, where Saenredam was amongst the engravers working in his studio to disseminate his designs. These copies were published in Rome by Rossi.
[Ref: 40860]   £490.00  
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