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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Proeve van Dicht=oeffening.
Fr.van Mieris inv. & delin. J. Folkema Sculp.
Te Leyden. By De Janssoons Vander Aa. [n.d. c.1731.]
Engraving. 169 x 112mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Frontispiece to "Proeve van Dichtoeffening, bestaende in Herderszangen, Brieven, Klink- en Mengeldichten. Met Printverbeeldingen", a compilation of pastoral poems, letters of famous love couples, including van Snakenburg (1704-1750) the lawyer in Leiden who published poems in 'Hollandsche Spectator'; and Jacob Elias (1698-1750) who also published poems and several theatre plays, mostly comedies.
[Ref: 28623] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Fr.van Mieris inv. & delin. J. Folkema Sculp.
Te Leyden. By De Janssoons Vander Aa. [n.d. c.1731.]
Engraving. 169 x 112mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Frontispiece to "Proeve van Dichtoeffening, bestaende in Herderszangen, Brieven, Klink- en Mengeldichten. Met Printverbeeldingen", a compilation of pastoral poems, letters of famous love couples, including van Snakenburg (1704-1750) the lawyer in Leiden who published poems in 'Hollandsche Spectator'; and Jacob Elias (1698-1750) who also published poems and several theatre plays, mostly comedies.
[Ref: 28623] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Tricoteuse Hollandoise. Dédié à Monsieur Eberts, Banquier [...]
Peint par F. Mieris. Gravée par J.G. Wille, Graveur du Roi.
A Paris chés l'Auteur Quay des Augustines à côté de l'Hôtel d'Auvergne.
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 405 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"), large margins.
A Dutch woman knitting, seen through a window.
[Ref: 58089] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par F. Mieris. Gravée par J.G. Wille, Graveur du Roi.
A Paris chés l'Auteur Quay des Augustines à côté de l'Hôtel d'Auvergne.
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 405 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"), large margins.
A Dutch woman knitting, seen through a window.
[Ref: 58089] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Le Lever Hollandois. Ce petit chien dansant qui distrait la soubrette, Dequel qu'amant léger, ou d'un mary bénet / Philis, seroit-il le portrait Que vous menés à la baguette.]
]F. Mieris Pinx. F. Basan sc.]
[à Dresde chez P. Resler Marchand d'Estampes de la Cour.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 345 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
A Dutch lady at her toilet, standing in the middle of her bedroom, wearing a nightcap and fur-trimmed jacket, stretching her hand out towards her lap-dog, which is standing on its hind legs. Plate 18 from 'Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl', a pair to 'le déjeuner hollandois'. The original painting, from c.1660, is in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 50457] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
]F. Mieris Pinx. F. Basan sc.]
[à Dresde chez P. Resler Marchand d'Estampes de la Cour.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 345 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
A Dutch lady at her toilet, standing in the middle of her bedroom, wearing a nightcap and fur-trimmed jacket, stretching her hand out towards her lap-dog, which is standing on its hind legs. Plate 18 from 'Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl', a pair to 'le déjeuner hollandois'. The original painting, from c.1660, is in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 50457] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Illustration to book two of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' II]](jpegs/31385.jpg)
[Illustration to book two of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' II]
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. J. Wandelaar fecit.
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725.]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', with stack of books by Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31385] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. J. Wandelaar fecit.
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725.]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', with stack of books by Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31385] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Illustration to book three of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' III]](jpegs/31386.jpg)
[Illustration to book three of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' III]
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', with vanitas symbols and the three-headed hound cerberus alluding to the discussion of death in book three of the work. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication. In the middle of image "Quies" on stone seat.
[Ref: 31386] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', with vanitas symbols and the three-headed hound cerberus alluding to the discussion of death in book three of the work. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication. In the middle of image "Quies" on stone seat.
[Ref: 31386] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegory of the senses: illustration to book four of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' IV]](jpegs/31388.jpg)
[Allegory of the senses: illustration to book four of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' IV]
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to book four of Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', which is devoted to a theory of the five senses. They are represented here by: the fruit held by the goddess in her chariot (taste); a musician playing the lute (hearing); a putto playing with a small animal (smell) while a bird pecks his hand (touch); and another putto looking at his reflection in the mirror (sight). Also includes a globe showing Europe and Africa. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31388] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to book four of Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', which is devoted to a theory of the five senses. They are represented here by: the fruit held by the goddess in her chariot (taste); a musician playing the lute (hearing); a putto playing with a small animal (smell) while a bird pecks his hand (touch); and another putto looking at his reflection in the mirror (sight). Also includes a globe showing Europe and Africa. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31388] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegorcal illustration to book five of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things']](jpegs/31389.jpg)
[Allegorcal illustration to book five of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things']
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to book five of Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', alluding to several subjects discussed therein, including: the origin of the world (an idyllic picture of early man); the movement of the heavenly bodies (a diagram of the solar system, on the side of a monument); the rise and progress of humankind (the scene of construction and cultivation in the foregound); and the arts and sciences (the book held by the seated figure in the middle ground). Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31389] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to book five of Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', alluding to several subjects discussed therein, including: the origin of the world (an idyllic picture of early man); the movement of the heavenly bodies (a diagram of the solar system, on the side of a monument); the rise and progress of humankind (the scene of construction and cultivation in the foregound); and the arts and sciences (the book held by the seated figure in the middle ground). Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31389] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Man drinking, with woman behind holding a fish]](jpegs/39194.jpg)
[Man drinking, with woman behind holding a fish] De Tous Maux Il Faut Boire Du Vin, / Les Soins Et Chasse Le Chagrin: / Qu N'Adhere a Bacchus ou Qui Luy Fait La Guerre, / San Joie Et Sans Plaisir Doit Vivre Sur La Terre
[Mi]eris Pinxit Anno 1678. C.H. Van Meurs Sculp:
Engraving, sheet 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed, losing some text. Creasing.
Engraving after a painting by Willem van Mieris (1662-1747), painter and draughtsman from Leiden who, like Leiden 'Fine' painters before him, specialised in genre scenes depicting young women, musicians and drinkers. His father Frans was also an important artist. Text in French below praising the virtues of wine and warning that 'making war with Bacchus' leaves man 'to live on earth without joy or pleasure'.
[Ref: 39194] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Mi]eris Pinxit Anno 1678. C.H. Van Meurs Sculp:
Engraving, sheet 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed, losing some text. Creasing.
Engraving after a painting by Willem van Mieris (1662-1747), painter and draughtsman from Leiden who, like Leiden 'Fine' painters before him, specialised in genre scenes depicting young women, musicians and drinkers. His father Frans was also an important artist. Text in French below praising the virtues of wine and warning that 'making war with Bacchus' leaves man 'to live on earth without joy or pleasure'.
[Ref: 39194] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![Dus kon Frans Mieris [...].](jpegs/37615.jpg)
Dus kon Frans Mieris [...].
F.V. Mieris delin. A. Blooteling Fecit et Exc.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint. Very fine impression. Rare. Platemark: 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Small margins.
A portrait of Frans Mieris, half-length to the left, resting his left hand on his hip and looking at the viewer, wearing a draped cloak, with a city in the background to the left. After the self portrait by Dutch painter Frans van Mieris I (1635 - 1681). Lettered below with six lines of verse by Willem van Heemskerk.
Hollstein 14: II.
[Ref: 37615] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
F.V. Mieris delin. A. Blooteling Fecit et Exc.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint. Very fine impression. Rare. Platemark: 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Small margins.
A portrait of Frans Mieris, half-length to the left, resting his left hand on his hip and looking at the viewer, wearing a draped cloak, with a city in the background to the left. After the self portrait by Dutch painter Frans van Mieris I (1635 - 1681). Lettered below with six lines of verse by Willem van Heemskerk.
Hollstein 14: II.
[Ref: 37615] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman with a Parrot.]](jpegs/30428.jpg)
[Woman with a Parrot.]
f.v. Mieris pinx. N. Strixner del.
[n.d. c.1819.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 323 x 275mm (12¾ x 10¾").
An interior with a young woman seated on an arm-chair, feeding a parrot which is perched on a stick to left. From "Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck".
[Ref: 30428] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
f.v. Mieris pinx. N. Strixner del.
[n.d. c.1819.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 323 x 275mm (12¾ x 10¾").
An interior with a young woman seated on an arm-chair, feeding a parrot which is perched on a stick to left. From "Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck".
[Ref: 30428] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)