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G: D: L: pinx.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, 225 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼".
Female figure, wearing a long robe, pouring liquid from a cup into a fire on a raised stand; beside her another female figure with plate of food on her lap, and two nude putti embracing. Through a clearing in the background a group of figures dancing round a statue is visible. After Gérard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711), engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743).
Chaloner Smith: undescribed.
[Ref: 11492] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G: D: L: pinx.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, 225 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼".
Female figure, wearing a long robe, pouring liquid from a cup into a fire on a raised stand; beside her another female figure with plate of food on her lap, and two nude putti embracing. Through a clearing in the background a group of figures dancing round a statue is visible. After Gérard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711), engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743).
Chaloner Smith: undescribed.
[Ref: 11492] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![['He who easily believes, is easily deceived']](jpegs/41710.jpg)
['He who easily believes, is easily deceived'] Qui facile credit facile decipitur. Die licht geloogt wort licht bedrogen.
Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Federati [1668]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), with very large margins.
Man lifting the lid of a plate, with two people stood behind laughing at him. Illustration to Act One of Andries Pels' comedy 'Julfus' (Amsterdam, 1668). Etched by Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711), Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), Lairesse was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 41710] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Federati [1668]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), with very large margins.
Man lifting the lid of a plate, with two people stood behind laughing at him. Illustration to Act One of Andries Pels' comedy 'Julfus' (Amsterdam, 1668). Etched by Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711), Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), Lairesse was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 41710] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece to Gerard de Lairesse's 'Les Principes du Dessein', with vignette cut out and replaced by portrait of Lairesse]](jpegs/40088.jpg)
[Frontispiece to Gerard de Lairesse's 'Les Principes du Dessein', with vignette cut out and replaced by portrait of Lairesse]
G. de Lairesse Pinxit J.C. Philips Sculpsit [portrait]
A Amsterdam et a Leipzig, Chez Arkstée et Merkus. MDCCXLVI [frontispiece]
letterpress sheet with vignette cut out and engraved portrait glued into space, total sheet 395 x 245mm (15½ x 9½"). Time stained.
Frontispiece to a posthumous edition of Gérard de Lairesse's (1640-1711) 'Principles of design', a collection of Lairesse's lectures first published in 1701. Lairesse, a Dutch painter and theorist of classical bent, was held in the highest regard during his lifetime. The frontispiece originally featured an image of an aspiring artist studying an artwork, guided by a Muse, but this has been replaced by a Dutch engraving of a self-portrait by Lairesse.
For a mezzotint version of the same Lairesse self-portrait see ref. 24068
[Ref: 40088] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G. de Lairesse Pinxit J.C. Philips Sculpsit [portrait]
A Amsterdam et a Leipzig, Chez Arkstée et Merkus. MDCCXLVI [frontispiece]
letterpress sheet with vignette cut out and engraved portrait glued into space, total sheet 395 x 245mm (15½ x 9½"). Time stained.
Frontispiece to a posthumous edition of Gérard de Lairesse's (1640-1711) 'Principles of design', a collection of Lairesse's lectures first published in 1701. Lairesse, a Dutch painter and theorist of classical bent, was held in the highest regard during his lifetime. The frontispiece originally featured an image of an aspiring artist studying an artwork, guided by a Muse, but this has been replaced by a Dutch engraving of a self-portrait by Lairesse.
For a mezzotint version of the same Lairesse self-portrait see ref. 24068
[Ref: 40088] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Jupiter Europam Rapit. Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv. et sculp. et per Nicolaum Visscher edit. cum Privil. Ord. Gen. Belgii Foederati.
[n.d., c.1770s.]
Etching, sheet 240 x 295mm. 9½ x 11¾". Trimmed to plate.
The rape of Europa, with Jupiter as a bull bearing her off across the water; Europa who sits on his back, her hand in the air, accompanied by two erotes. In a circular frame. Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. A myth tells of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull. Europa's earliest literary reference is in the Iliad, which is commonly dated to the late 9th or to the 8th century BC. After Gérard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711)
[Ref: 22281] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770s.]
Etching, sheet 240 x 295mm. 9½ x 11¾". Trimmed to plate.
The rape of Europa, with Jupiter as a bull bearing her off across the water; Europa who sits on his back, her hand in the air, accompanied by two erotes. In a circular frame. Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. A myth tells of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull. Europa's earliest literary reference is in the Iliad, which is commonly dated to the late 9th or to the 8th century BC. After Gérard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711)
[Ref: 22281] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Beata Theresia
G.D. Lar: inv: ex formis Nicolau Visscher Cum Privi Ordinum General Belgii foederarati. P.V.D. Berge fec.
[c.1675]
Mezzotint, rare & early; sheet 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Trimmed on platemark. Creases.
St Teresa of Avila kneeling in ecstasy and surrounded by angels. Plate from an early edition of the 'Opus Elegantissimum' published by Valk, which contained etchings by Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) along with a selection of plates (such as this) after his designs. The publication line at the bottom was changed several times in later publications.
Hollstein 14 (after Lairesse)
[Ref: 33072] £360.00
G.D. Lar: inv: ex formis Nicolau Visscher Cum Privi Ordinum General Belgii foederarati. P.V.D. Berge fec.
[c.1675]
Mezzotint, rare & early; sheet 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Trimmed on platemark. Creases.
St Teresa of Avila kneeling in ecstasy and surrounded by angels. Plate from an early edition of the 'Opus Elegantissimum' published by Valk, which contained etchings by Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) along with a selection of plates (such as this) after his designs. The publication line at the bottom was changed several times in later publications.
Hollstein 14 (after Lairesse)
[Ref: 33072] £360.00
De Herfst voorfien van Druÿf, wordt vande Winter tydt, Die Scharp en Schraal is, om het mêegenot gevrÿdt.
G. Lairesse pinxit. J. Munnichuÿsen Sculp.
ex Formis Nicolai Visscher Cum Privelegio Ordinum Hollandiae & West-Frisiae. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 297 x 241mm. 11¾ x 9½".
Two naked putti, representing Autumn and Winter, one holding grapes, the other holly, beside a fire burning in a brazier
[Ref: 26527] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Lairesse pinxit. J. Munnichuÿsen Sculp.
ex Formis Nicolai Visscher Cum Privelegio Ordinum Hollandiae & West-Frisiae. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 297 x 241mm. 11¾ x 9½".
Two naked putti, representing Autumn and Winter, one holding grapes, the other holly, beside a fire burning in a brazier
[Ref: 26527] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Le Printemps.
G. Lairesse inv. J. Glauber fe.
Leon: Schenk exc:
Etching, large 17th/18th century watermark; platemark 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Very large margins.
Allegory of Spring: the goddess Flora (Psyche) resting against a tree, with Cupid and two putti on the left and a vase full of flowers on the far left. One of a series of thirty plates depicting mythological and historical subjects after Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711). Lairesse was a Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), he was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his own etchings were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 37350] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Lairesse inv. J. Glauber fe.
Leon: Schenk exc:
Etching, large 17th/18th century watermark; platemark 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Very large margins.
Allegory of Spring: the goddess Flora (Psyche) resting against a tree, with Cupid and two putti on the left and a vase full of flowers on the far left. One of a series of thirty plates depicting mythological and historical subjects after Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711). Lairesse was a Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), he was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his own etchings were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 37350] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Tobias and the Angel. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Samuel Athawes Esq.r to whom this Place is Inscribedm by his very obliged & obedient Serv.t W.m Woollett.
The Landscape painted by Glauber, and the Figures by G. Lairesse. Engraved by W. Woollett and J. Emes.
Publish'd as the Act directs 2 May 1785, by W.m Woollett, No.1, North Street, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London.
Engraving, 380 x 450mm (15 x 17½"). Some scuffing and staining in margins.
Depiction of a scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who represents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Fagan CXIX.
[Ref: 54253] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Landscape painted by Glauber, and the Figures by G. Lairesse. Engraved by W. Woollett and J. Emes.
Publish'd as the Act directs 2 May 1785, by W.m Woollett, No.1, North Street, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London.
Engraving, 380 x 450mm (15 x 17½"). Some scuffing and staining in margins.
Depiction of a scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who represents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Fagan CXIX.
[Ref: 54253] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[William III when Prince of Orange]](jpegs/43009.jpg)
[William III when Prince of Orange] Dit's Welhem's Laasten Naam, en's eersten Deugdgenoot; / Goot om zyn Stam, en om zyn eigen Waarde groot [...]
Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp:
et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit cum priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Foederati nunc G. Vall [c.1672]
Etching, sheet 235 x 155mm (9¼ x 6"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
William III (1650 - 1702) when Prince of Orange, wearing armour and laurel headdress, in oval frame alongside the trumpeting figure of Fame. Son of stadholder William II of Holland and Mary, daughter of Charles I, William married his cousin Mary, daughter of James II and Anne Hyde in 1677. In 1688 he accepted an invitation by a group of leading statesmen to land in Britain with an armed force (the 'Glorious Revolution'). In 1689, after the flight of James II, he was crowned jointly with his wife. Etched by Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711), Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), Lairesse was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 43009] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp:
et Per Nicolaum Visscher edit cum priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Foederati nunc G. Vall [c.1672]
Etching, sheet 235 x 155mm (9¼ x 6"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
William III (1650 - 1702) when Prince of Orange, wearing armour and laurel headdress, in oval frame alongside the trumpeting figure of Fame. Son of stadholder William II of Holland and Mary, daughter of Charles I, William married his cousin Mary, daughter of James II and Anne Hyde in 1677. In 1688 he accepted an invitation by a group of leading statesmen to land in Britain with an armed force (the 'Glorious Revolution'). In 1689, after the flight of James II, he was crowned jointly with his wife. Etched by Gérard Lairesse (1640-1711), Dutch painter and etcher who worked for William and Mary amongst other illustrious patrons. A classicist and theorist (after going blind he wrote a major theoretical treatise, the Groot Schilderboek or 'Great Book of Painting'), Lairesse was known as the 'Dutch Poussin'. Most of his plates were originally published by Nicolaes Visscher, who published a collected edition under the title 'Opus Elegantissimum' in c.1675.
[Ref: 43009] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![Guilielmus Henricus D.G. Princeps Auriacus A.o 1679. [&] Maria Princeps Auriaca A.o 1679.](jpegs/3652.jpg)
Guilielmus Henricus D.G. Princeps Auriacus A.o 1679. [&] Maria Princeps Auriaca A.o 1679.
[Painted by Gerard de Lairesse.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Pair of mezzotints. Each c. 105 x 85mm (4¼ x 3½").
William and Mary, when Prince & Princess of Orange. On 13 February 1689, the Prince and Princess of Orange formally became the new King and Queen Regnant of England.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3652] £750.00 view all images for this item
[Painted by Gerard de Lairesse.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Pair of mezzotints. Each c. 105 x 85mm (4¼ x 3½").
William and Mary, when Prince & Princess of Orange. On 13 February 1689, the Prince and Princess of Orange formally became the new King and Queen Regnant of England.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3652] £750.00 view all images for this item