5388 - 5863 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- A few prints w. sl. varying address and/ or without year. Tipped onto 3 mounts. Fine set.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
= Rare early lithograph.
Bemme, J.A. (1775-1841). (Fight between a cavalerist and an African drummer on horseback). Etching after D. LANGENDIJK, w. engr. "J. Bemme fec. 1797" and "D. Langendijk delin. 1782" below image, 21,3x26,8 cm., framed.
= Wurzbach 26-1.
AND 1 other.
= Plates I, II, IV, VII and X-XIII.
- Trimmed close to the borderline in upper and left margin.
= Wilton-Ely 639. Dedication to pope Clement XIII.
- Fine. = Wilton-Ely 425/ 424 (watermark R17, late 1760's- early 1770s).
- On paper w. heraldic watermark. No. LX waterstained in upper blank margin w. loss of paper and repairs in lower margin; no. XXXVII dampstained in upper blank margin
= Wilton-Ely 412 / 394 (watermark R33 or 35, early -mid 1760s).
= Delteil 93, 8th and final state.
- Sl. duststained, mostly in margins.
AND 2 other engravings by the same: portraits of the artist J.B. Albrizzi (w. closed tear) and the author Francesco Scipione, Marquis of Maffei.
- Cut on/ just outside the borderline.
AND 1 similar, most likely published by the same.
= This near complete, vast collection of prints is probably the largest private collection of 18th Dutch art reproduction prints after drawings (and prints) by Dutch 17th century and 18th century masters. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, a wealthy wood merchant and private collector and amateur artist, created a method for reproducing drawings by Dutch 17th cent. artists in print form. He began experimenting with his technique in 1765 and further developed and used it until 1787. He trained and commissioned at least 29 artists to produce these reproductions over a long period of time. Quite a few of the so called "printdrawings" in this collection have a provenance that can be traced back directly to the artist or his collaborators, either because of a dedication by Ploos to his wife or to his fellow artists and art collectors that he new, or because of the collectors marks on verso. The collection also contains numerous prints in more than one state, rare (and occas. unique) variants of prints and three drawings (by Ploos van Amstel (?) (no.25 of the Hoofdprenten), one probably by Abraham Delfos and one by Jurriaan Cootwijck).
The collection can be divided into three main parts. The first part consists of the prints created in the series published by Ploos van Amstel and his successor Christian Josi (1768-1828) (listed in LNP under Hoofdwerk en bijwerken), and is almost entirely complete, with various plates in different states and variants (155 prints): the Hoofdwerk (46 prints) is complete, the Bijprenten lack no.51-54, 61 and 65 (1st group) and no.71 and 103 (2nd group). Included in this section is a small number of mainly 18th/ early 19th century books concerning/ illustrated by Ploos van Amstel. The second part consists of 229 prints by contemporaries or former employees. The third and final part comprises 89 prints by Bernard Schreuder after the prints by Van Ostade; these are basically not printdrawings but were created in the same manner. The collection also includes a few items that have no bearing on prints made by Ploos, but that are directly of interest for Ploos van Amstels artistic legacy, i.a. the AUTOGRAPH manuscript of Ploos van Amstels "Aanspraak bij de Uitdeling der Jaarlijkse Prijzen op de Stads Teken Academie te Amsterdam na de Redevoering den 4 May 1785" ((17)p., pen and ink, without wrappers. First leaf loose). Also included in the lot are approx. 10 prints that are not printdrawings (not counted). For a complete list of the contents of the lot CLICK HERE.
= LNP 94.
- Tipped onto mount. Fine. = LNP 30, the 4th or 5th state of 5; Van Huffel 29.
Idem. Trustees of the orphanage in Haarlem. Printdrawing in sepia after J. DE BRAY, 22,4x29,5 cm.
= LNP 37 (3rd and final state); Van Huffel 26. With the mark of Ploos on verso.
Idem. Varkensslacht. Printdrawing after J. SAENREDAM, 15,5x15,8 cm., with the Ploos stamp.
= LNP 41 (Hoofdprent); Van Huffel 146. The 3rd state (of 3).
Saint, G. (1730-1780). Spinning women. Printdrawing after J. LUYKEN, 8,8x7,4 cm., signed "Guillme Saint, Fec:" in pen and ink on verso, tipped onto mount.
- Sl. foxed.
AND 2 other printdrawings, i.a. by G. DEMARTEAU after A. VAN DYCK and H. SPILMAN after JAN VAN GOYEN - ADDED: a letterpress announcement by ISAAC PLOOS VAN AMSTEL on the death of his mother-in-law Sara van Schie in 1792.
= LNP 109; Van H. 143.
= LNP 27, 2nd state (of 2) and 28, 1st state (of 2).
AND 1 other printdrawing by C. JOSI after D. LANGENDIJK, Ruiter met vlag aan lans (25,2x20 cm., framed. Dampstained in upper right corner; LNP 118). - ADDED an etching by H.G. DE MARÉE, (Sleeping Dutch partridge dog) (9,2x4,5 cm., framed. W. collector's mark of Jean Cantacuzène (Lugt 4030)).
- Tipped onto mount; fine. = LNP 15, 5th state (of 5).
Idem. Vrouwtje leunend over een onderdeur. Printdrawing with hints of colour after REMBRANDT, 15,5x14,7 cm., with the Ploos stamp on verso.
= LNP 5, the 2nd and final state.
AND 3 other printdrawings by the same, all w. the Ploos stamp on verso: LPN 4, 19 and 40.
= In 19th cent. board portfolio w. ties and giltlettered cl. title-piece: "Het werk van Ploos v. Amstel".
- With "dubbel" stamp and "R: Mus." on verso. = With the Ploos' stamp on verso. LNP 62.
- Sm. closed tear in upper right corner; trimmed a few mm outside the borderline.
AND a oval bust portrait of Jesus Christ by C. DE PASSE (browned, laid down, closed tears).
- Engraved title cut off; large horizontal tear, lacks sm. piece of lower right corner; frayed; cut on the borderline.
Loir, A. (1640-1713). "Dolor meus Super dolorem." Large engraving after J. JOUVENET, 53x41 cm., w. the title engraved in Latin and French below the image.
- A few marginal tears affecting the image; 1 larger tear in right part.
AND 3 others, i.a. 2 large early lithogr. reproductions(?) of 17th cent. prints.
- Yellowed; vaguely foxed.
= New Hollstein 122. With collector's marks of E. von Feder (Lugt 923) and C. Moyaux (Lugt 1829a) on verso.
ADDED: "Secundum Mirabile Mundi Magnus Colossus Solis in Urbe Rhodi" (engraving, late 18th cent. (tears on) folds)).
- Hole in upper left corner; trimmed to the borderline.
= Rare portrait with accurate profile of Oppenheim, so perhaps by a German artist. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.
AND 1 other engraved horseback portrait of the Holy Roman emperor Matthias in front of a walled city.