Grosvenor Prints

[Empress Anna of Tyrol.] Serenissima Augustissima Optima Princeps Domina Domina Anna Romanorum Impreratrix Germaniae Hungariæ Bohemiæ Dalmatiæ Croatiæ Sclavoniæ etc: Regina Archiduc: Austriæ Duc: Burgundiæ etc: Com: Tyrol etc:. [&] [Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor.] Serenissimus Potentissimus Invictissimus Princeps Dominus Dominus Matthias dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariæ Bohemiæ Dalmatiæ Croatiæ Sclavoniæ etc: Rex Archdux Austriæ Dux Burgundiæ etc: Comes Tyrolis etc: P.P.P.F.
Sacrae Cæsareæ Majestatis Sculptor Egidius Sadeler de facie expressit et in deuoti animi signum humilis obtulit Pargæ Anno Christiano M.D.C.XVI.
Cum privil S.C. M.tis. [1616.]
Pair of engravings. Sheets: 205 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheets.
A pair of portraits of Holy Roman Emperor Matthias (1557-1619) and his wife Anna of Tyrol (1585-1618). Matthias was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1612 after the death of his brother Rudolf II, having forced Rudolf to cede most of his lands during the previous ten years. Anna was the first Empress since the 15th century to be jointly crowned with her husband. The portraits are engraved by Aegidius Sadeler (1570-1629) a Flemish engraver active in the court of HRE Rudolf II and his successors engraving portraits of courtiers.
See Auction Zezula 9/4/2016 Lot 9 for the Empress.
[Ref: 44413] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

Opus quod in æde Viginis Deiparæ Annunciatæ Collegii Romam societatis IESW. Federicus Zuccarus S. Angeki in Vado ad Ripas Mitauri perfecit æneis tabellis expressum. Ioannes sadeler excud: Coloniæ Agrippa: A.D. MDLXXX.
Raphael Sadeler sculpsit Ætatis suæ. 19.
In Venetia Stefano Scolari Forma a S. Zulian. [1580.]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼''). Trimmed, creased, stained & damaged.
A scene set under an arch, an angel, holding a rose announces to the Virgin that she will be the mother of the messiah, above her are hoards of angels and around her are the saints. Engraved by Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632).
[Ref: 49724] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Iacobus Chimarrhaeus S.R.E. Protn. Comes Pal: Aplus: Et Emp. Eques Auratae Militiae, Eleemosiinarius Caes: Maior. Aeta. Lix. Domat Omnia Virtus. M.D.C.I.
[S. Caes. Mtis. sculptor Aeg. Sadeler ad viuum delineavit, et D.D. Pragae.]
[Marco Sadeler excudit.] [n.d. c.1601.]
Engraving. 165 x 127mm. 6½ x 5". Cut.
Portrait of the preacher Jacobus Chimarrhaeus (1542-1614), aged 59, half-length slightly turned to left, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and beard; in lettered oval with coats of arms and headgear in four corners.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25256] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ as the Good Shepherd] Ego sum Pastor Bonus.
C. pre S.C.M. M. de vos inventit: Raphael Sadeler fec: Monarchij [c.1580]
Engraving, 16th century watermark; platemark 150 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Small margins.
Christ carrying a sheep, after design by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), Flemish painter and draughtsman.
[Ref: 46385] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Uriah before David.] Rex rogat Urian de bello, mittit et illi, Addita nectarys vina
[Johann Sadeler I.]
[Gerard de Jode.][1585.]
Engraving, 16th century watermark. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet on left.
A biblical scene showing Uriah, in his uniform kneeling before King David. From 'Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti...'. Engraved by Johann Sadeler I (1550-1600).
[Ref: 49727] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Evangelicae Doctrinae. Articuli Principales Quinque Diuo Paulo Apostolo enarrati Aereis tabulis a Ioan: Sadler Scalpti et Excusi.
N: de Vos figuravit. [Jan Sadeler.]
[n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving. Plate 191 x 146mm. 7½ x 5¾".
Paul the Apostle, was one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with his writings forming a considerable portion of the New Testament.
[Ref: 21035] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Germania Hic Regina suas orbi Germania gazas / Mostrat, et impertit quas Dea gignit opes [...]
Sereniss: Bavar Ducis chalcog J.S. sculp et excud Monachy
Cum privel S. Caes: Maiestat [c.1594]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 255mm (8½ x 10"). Glued to backing sheet. Trimmed to image.
Germany, from a set of four allegories on European countries after Hans von Aachen. The series was dedicated to Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius. This plate is shows a young woman as Ceres and young man as Bacchus, and is an allegory on craft and war. The composition includes: tools and weaponry; a copper-plate and two burin needles, and printing press; a small violin (rebec) and a flute with a flute-case at centre; armoury, a gun, a cannon and a clock in lower right corner. In the background an army marches on the right, while peasants drink at a village tavern on the left.
[Ref: 40147] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Et Apparverut Illis Dispertitae Liguae Taqua Ignis, Sedito Super Sigulos Eorv et Repleti Oes Spiritu Scto. Act.2.
M. de Vos Invent. Johannes Sadeler fecit et excud:
Cum privilegio. [n.d., c.1585.]
Engraving. Plate: 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½''). Staining in margins top left.
A biblical scene showing the apparition of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. Engraved by Jan Sadeler after Maarten de Vos.
[Ref: 49740] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Mankind before the flood]
Theodor: Bernard: inventor / Joannes Sadler scalps: / et excud: Antuerpiæ.
[c.1659]
Engraving, scarce, sheet 330 x 445mm (13 x 17½"). Trimmed to image, losing text.
A group of naked couples sit around a table eating and playing music while the Deluge takes place (Noah's ark can be seen in the background on left). One of a pair of engravings by Jan Sadeler (1550-1600) after Dirck Barendsz. (1534-92). The pendant is 'Mankind awaiting the Last Judgement'.
[Ref: 45265] £450.00

Mensis Aprilis. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of April: a man dances(?), carrying a two of spoon-like precussion instruments. One foot is on wooden blocks similar to a xylophone. To his left is a candlestick with snail feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42179] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mensis Febuarius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of February: a woman holds one bird while a heron-like bird looks up at her. On one side a falling urn spills fluid; on the other a fish seems to be hitting the ground. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42178] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mensis Januarius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
An classical allegory of January: a priest burns incense in a turibulum, a cockerel at his feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42177] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mensis Martius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of March: a bare-chested man with an animal skin around his waist restrains a goat with one hand and holds the other out towards a perching bird. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42535] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mensis Maius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of May: a woman collects flowers on a basket, a peacock at her feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42180] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mensis November. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of November: a man stands holding a tray in one hand on which are leaves and a snake, the other holding a musical instrument. At his feet is a goose and on a plith a sculpture of an ass's head. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vera Effigies Clarissimi Déoq[ue] Repub: Optimè Meriti Herois D. Ottonis Henrici Comitis a Schwarzenberg... D. Wolfgango Jacobo Comiti a Schwarzenberg &c filio ac heredi dedicata. Ab sereniss. Bavar: Ducis Guilielmi scal: ptore Joane Sadelero.
[after Hans von Aachen?]
[Munich, c.1590.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 325 x 245mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, pin holes, repaired tears.
Otto Heinrich, Count of Schwarzenberg (1535-90), Councillor to the Emperors Maximilian II and Rudolf II, and to William V of Bavaria, wearing a ruff and a leopard fur-lined coat, seated at a table with papers, a compass, a skull and a clock. The skull and dedication suggests this was engraved after Schwarzenberg's death in 1590, when Sadeler was court engraver in Munich. A head-and-shoulders oil portrait with the same features is attributed to Hans von Aachen (1552-1615).
[Ref: 55499] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Autumnus.
Theodor Bernard invet: J. Sadeler Sculps:
[n.d. c.1580.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, loss of image on right edge. Damaged.
A plate representing Autumn as a time for wine-making. In the foreground is a naked male personification, with wine leaves in his hair, leaning on a tub of grapes. Behind people pick grapes, tread them, barrel them up and cart them away. One of a set of the ‘Four Seasons’ engraved by Jan Sadeler (1550-1600) after Dirck Barendsz. (1534-92).
[Ref: 61335] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Aestas. Sole niter tellus, formosa messibus aestas ridet, et algentes ore petuntur acquae.
Cum privileg. Bassan pinx. IS scalp.
[n.d. c.1580.]
Engraving, watermark, sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate. Central tears on top and bottom edge going into image, stains on inscription area.
A summer landscape with a shepherd and a boy shearing lambs and a woman and three children eating in the foreground, harvest scene in the middle ground with farmers cutting wheat on the left, while others load a bull-driven cart with sheaves in the centre, and three farmers threshing the cereals next to a barn at right. A village and hills are visible in the background. This is one of ‘Four Seasons’, a series of four allegorical plates showing the seasons after Bassano, engraved by Jan Sadeler c.1580.
Hollstein: 507.
[Ref: 58985] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Antonius Sherleyns Anglus Eques Auratus. Magni Sophi Persarum Legatus inuicitissimo Caesari Ceterisque Principibus Christianis: huiusce Amicitie et Auctor et ductor Ex Ore, Ad Os.
S. Cae. M.tis Sculptor AEgidius Sadeler. D.D:
cum privil. S. Cae. M.tis. [n.d. c.1620.]
Engraving. Plate 196 x 132mm. 7¾ x 5¼". Trimmed.
Anthony Shirley (1565-1635) was an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I was an important event because it caused the British House of Commons to assert one of its privileges, freedom of its members from arrest, in a document known as 'The Form of Apology and Satisfaction'. Published in 1613 Travels in Persia.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. NPG: D26058.
[Ref: 24083] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The Myrrhbearers.]
Bart. Sprangers Inuentor. Eiodius Sadeler Sac. M.tis Sculptor obtulit [****]liter anni 1600 initio.
Cu. Priuil. Sui. Pontif. et Sac. Cæ. M.tis.
Engraving. Sheet 515 x 370mm (20½ x 14½"). Trimmed to plate, some wear, with loss to title, old mss. in inscription area.
The three Marys (the Virgin, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Clopas, according to John) return from Jesus's cave, having found it empty. All carry jars of myrrh, with which they were planning to annoint the body of Christ. In the background are the three empty crosses. Engraved by Aegidius Sadeler II (c.1570-1629) after Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611). In 1570 Spranger was painter in the service of Pius V; in 1575 in Vienna at the court of Maximilian II; and in 1581 painter at the court of Rudolph II in Prague.
[Ref: 53171] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Venatio.
Joan: Strada. Academic. Fiorentin. figurauit. Raphael Sadeler scalp. et excud.
[Venice, c.1579.]
Engraving. Sheet 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"). Trimmed into plate top right, affecting title. Creasing.
'The Hunt'. The goddess Diana sits under a tree, a falcon in her left hand, surrounded by hunting equipment, including bows, crossbows, an arquebus (musket), fishing nets and hunting dogs. In the background riders are chasing deer and boars, crossbowmen are shooting birds and fishermen are using nets and line. Tennis racket on ground. Very early real tennis image. From the series 'Schema, Seu Speculum Principum'.
BM: 1874,0110.447.
[Ref: 54794] £380.00

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