VENTE DE GRAVURES & ESTAMPES
Friday 15 October 2021 at 14:00
Salle 16 - Hôtel Drouot, 9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
178 lots
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50 - [Fight of ELEPHANT against RHINOCEROS]. XVIIth. Etching engraved by Antonio TEMPESTA (Florence 1555 -Rome 1630). Proof on laid paper. Small margins. 9,5 x 13,3 cm. Condition B (formerly mounted by the corners on a laid paper and brown stain reaching the subject on the right).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
51 - UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF PARIS 1889. Original chromolithograph. Signed with the initials "GTC" in the title. Framed. 89 x 58 cm for the plate. 102 x 73 cm overall. Condition B (Small defects at the level of the sky, not examined outside its frame).
Estimate €750 - €900 -
52 - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE - PARIS - [Decorative plate of the Universal Exhibition of 1900]. Lithographed sheet metal. Subject annotated "JM Porte". Beautiful decorative plate made for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. The subject, centered on the Alexandre III Bridge, presents an overall view of the exhibition, with the EIFFEL TOWER, the Grand Palais and the Esplanade des INVALIDES. (30,5 cm diameter). Condition C - Good general condition despite some shortcomings in the subject.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
53 - UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION - "PARIS CAPITAL of the civilized world". Original chromolithography. Société Toulousaine de Chromolithographie Toulouse-Paris (Ancien Etablissement Cassan Fils). Framed. Representation of various peoples of the world, celebrating, in the center, two French men (dressed in western style). 50,5 x 71 cm [frame : 58 x 77,5cm]. Condition B -
Estimate €600 - €800 -
54 - PARIS - LA COMMUNE - "PANORAMA des INCENDIES DE PARIS PAR LA COMMUNE, Nuits des 23, 24 et 25 mai 1871". 19th century. Original lithograph by Deroy, printed in colors on vellum by Lemercier & Cie (Paris) and enhanced. Good margins. Folded in two. 57 x 80 cm. Condition B (Two traces of vertical folds, one of which is median, some foxing and short tears in the good margins slightly dusted, some foxing on the reverse).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
55 - OPTICS - "Having the low eye from my early age I am obliged to wear glasses but if for the tests you put the nose in them you will see that they are clear" / "The smoke of taba gave me the high and low devoyement which will put me I believe to the trepas" [...]. Etching and stippling. Layered paper. 17,8 x 22,5 cm. Condition C (Trace of wetness reaching a little the subject on the right, a tear at the foot, slight traces of handling)
Estimate €400 - €500 -
56 - OPTICS BOX - JAPANESE ESTAMPE 19th century. Engraved wood, printed in colors. Margins on two sides. 38 x 26,5 cm. Condition A (formerly mounted by the corners and rare scattered light freckles).
Estimate €400 - €500 -
57 - MAGIC LANTERN - Circa 1880 - [Children performing a magic lantern projection]. Lithograph in colors. From the book "The Magic Lantern of Animals", by Raphaël Tuck (London). Framed. Condition A (not examined outside its frame).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
58 - PRE-CINEMA - "Séance des OMBRES", 1905. Etching by REVELLAT. Proof on Arches vellum. Margins. Probably a program for an evening show. The magic lantern is skilfully stylized on the periphery of the projection circle. Framed at sight 39 x 28,5 cm. Condition A (not examined outside its frame).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
60 - CARD GAME - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) (after) - "Le Brelan". Engraved with etching and burin. Copy in counterpart, printed on laid paper covered with a red collection mark (unidentified). Ref: Lieure 596. Small margins of the copper. 21.5 x 28.3 cm. Condition A (cut within the copperplate mark and formerly laminated).
Estimate €400 - €600 -
61 - ANCIENT GAME - "NEW HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL GAME OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY". In the spirit of the Game of the Goose. c. 1820. Etching, on laid paper. In Paris, at Basset, Md d'estampes, Rue St Jacques, n°64. Copper margins. Game board with 63 numbered compartments aligned in a spiral; each containing an event in the life of a French king with an explanatory note and a portrait in medallion with the date of his coronation, detailed rules in the centre; the last compartment shows the entry of L
Estimate €200 - €300 -
62 - PERPETUAL CALENDAR of 1812. "SECULAR DIARY, Nineteenth century. Engraved by J. GIRTIN. Proof on wove paper, published by N.L. Pannier, Bookseller in Leicester Square, London. Margins. 49 x 32.5 cm. Condition A (very slight traces of handling, good condition).
Estimate €600 - €800 -
63 - MORTUARY PLACARD 18th - "Gentlemen and Ladies, You are requested to attend the Service & Burial of Mr Remy-François Thomas de la Froisarderye, Licentié és Loix, deceased on the eighth of December 1723, aged 38 years, his funeral will take place on the ninth of the said month at half past ten in the morning in the Parish Church of Nôtre-Dame, with the congregation in the Mortuary House in Rue de la Cuve d'Or / Requiescat in Pace. Amen". 1723. Woodcut and typography. Proof on thin laid paper (
Estimate €250 - €300 -
64 - MORTUARY PLACARD 19th - "You are requested, on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. LECOUVREUR DE SAINT PIERRE, their children, and on behalf of Mr. Lecouvreur de la JONQUIERES, and Miss his daughter, to attend the Convoy and Burial of Mrs. Marie-Louise-Thérèse ASSELIN de POPINCOURT, widow of Mr. Claude-Théophile Lecouvreur de Saint-Pierre, their mother, mother-in-law, ayeule and bis-ayeule. Claude-Théophile Lecouvreur de Saint-Pierre, Conseiller Correcteur à la Chambre des comptes de Paris, their mother
Estimate €250 - €300 -
65 - ADVERTISING POSTER for COPE TOBACCOS - "Cope's Tobaccos". c.1890. Chromolithography. Margins. 54 x 37,5 cm. A condition.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
66 - ITALIAN IMAGERIES - Probably SCREEN PROJECTS. 2 PLATES: "Medoro io son che della vaga rosa, d'Angelica in []" & "Giamai invaghimi vossi d'altro viso. Che del moi []". 19th century. Woodcuts, printed on laid paper. 18,3 x 13,6 cm approximately each. Condition A (formerly pasted by the corners on a strong brown paper, facial features taken up in pencil). Set of 2 plates.
Estimate €600 - €800 -
67 - RARE ITALIAN IMAGERY - THE CAGE OF FOOLS. The Madness of the World. 16th century. Engraved with a burin. Proof on laid paper. Very close to the work engraved by Sebastiano di Re (active in Rome between 1557 and 63), one of the first to treat in Italian engraving the theme of the madness of human life. In the 16th century, the production of popular prints of both a sacred and secular nature flourished. The most developed themes were then the satirical & burlesque representations of the vices and
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
68 - THE WORLD OVER - IMAGERIE DU MANS - LELOUP factory. Between 1800 and 1840. "La Folie des Hommes ou L'Homme renversé / Le cochon tue le charcutier pour le salé / Le chasseur chase sur la mer et le poison volle en l'air / Le mulet conduitie du moulin Le Munnier / Le cheval etrille l'homme attaché au ratelier / La femme porte le Fuzi Le mari porte l'enfan sur ses genoux / Les ville sous au desus des nue Le Soleil la lune sur la Terre". Engraved wood. Colours of the time. Layered paper. Imagery f
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
69 - BEHAM Hans Sebald (Nuremberg 1500 Frankfurt 1550) - "Hercules against the Trojans". 1545. Original chisel. Signed with the monogram lower right in the composition and dated in the point lower left. Nice proof on laid paper. Reference: Bartsch, n°101. Pauli, n°105. Plate from the series of twelve prints on the works of Hercules. Margin fillet. A versatile artist, Beham was born into a family of artists and based his activity on several techniques, such as stained glass drawing and illustration.
Estimate €400 - €500 -
70 - BEHAM Hans Sebald (Nuremberg 1500 Frankfurt 1550) - "Gaditana columnas Statuit Hercules" (Hercules carrying the columns of Gades). 1545. Original chisel. Signed with the monogram and dated upper left in the composition. Proof on laid paper. Reference: Bartsch, no. 101. Pauli, n°105. Plate from the series of twelve prints on the works of Hercules. Margin fillet. A versatile artist, Beham was born into a family of artists and based his activity on several techniques, such as stained glass drawing
Estimate €400 - €500 -
71 - BERGHEM Nicolas (Haarlem 1624 1683) - "Animalia" (The Book of Man). 1648-1652. Complete suite of 8 etched plates including the frontispiece (the address erased). Proofs on laid paper. Ref: Hollstein & Bartsch, n°49 to 56. Inscriptions on the frontispiece: "ANIMALIA // ad vivum delineata, et aqua forti æri // impressa, // Studio et arte // NICOLAI BERCHEMI". Small margins. Beautiful homogeneous suite. Berchem was a great and prolific painter of Italian pastoral landscapes, often populated with
Estimate €400 - €600 -
72 - CUYP Albert (Dordrecht 1620 1691) - "The cows". c.1660. Complete suite of 6 etchings. Four of them signed with the artist's monogram in point in the composition. Ref: Hollstein, n°1-6 (the subjects reworked in point). Proofs on laid paper. Small margins. According to Arthur M. Hind, in his book "A History of Engraving and Etching" (London, 1923), "the engraved work of Aelbert Cuyp is very slight with only eight works (all sketches of cows) known. His plates are small, and are drawn with a rathe
Estimate €400 - €600 -
73 - DÜRER Albrecht (after) (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Virgin and Child Jesus". Engraving by Aegidius SADELER II (Antwerp 1570 Prague 1629), on watermarked laid paper (Fragment of a bunch of grapes in a shield). Ref: Hollstein, n°72. At the bottom left in the composition "Cum privil S.C.Mtis". Small margins of the copper. 34 x 24,3 cm - Condition A (Cut on the copper mark) -
Estimate €400 - €600 -
74 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria". c.1498. Woodcut. Signed with the artist's monogram in the plate. Ref: Bartsch, no. 120, Strauss, no. 236. Hollstein, Meder n°236. Very nice proof with good margins, on strong laid paper (without watermark). Printed in the 18th century. Saint Catherine of Alexandria was one of the most venerated saints of Dürer's time. Condemned to torture and death by the Emperor Maxentius, she is saved by a rain of fire
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
75 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Holy Family with the Three Hares". c.1496. Woodcut. Signed with the artist's monogram in the plate. Ref: Bartsch, n°102. Hollstein, no. 212. Meder, n°212. Nice proof with margins, on strong laid paper (without watermark). 18th century print. One of the first major prints of Dürer, this work was one of the first to reveal his genius. In making his first large-scale woodcuts, Albrecht Dürer showed that he could soften a block of wood and still exu
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
76 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "Samson Rending the Lion". c.149798. Engraved wood. Signed with the artist's monogram in the plate. Ref: Hollstein & Meder, n°107. Nice proof of an 18th century print, on strong laid paper (without watermark). Good margins. 50 x 33 cm. Condition A (Good state of preservation).
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
77 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Men's Bath". 1497. Engraved wood. Signed with the artist's monogram in the lower center of the composition. Reference: Bartsch, no. 128. Meder, no. 266. Proof with margins, on strong laid paper (watermark not identified). Printed in the 18th century. One of the best known representations of the bath from the 16th century. This woodcut was published shortly after a decree in 1496 closed the public baths in Dürer's home town of Nuremberg due to an epi
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
78 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "Hercules, holding a club in his right hand, walking with his left foot over two defeated soldiers". c. 1496-1497. Engraved wood. Signed with the artist's monogram in the plate. Ref: Bartsch, n°127. Meder, n°238. Nice proof with margins, on strong laid paper (without watermark). Printed in the 18th century. Good margins. The subject of this engraving has been the subject of much debate. The name of Hercules is inscribed on the tablet on the upper part
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
79 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Mass of Saint Gregory". 1511. Engraved wood. Signed with the artist's monogram and dated in the plate lower left. Ref: Hollstein & Meder, n°226. Proof with good margins, on laid paper (without watermark). 18th century print. While celebrating mass in Rome, Pope Gregory is said to have seen Christ miraculously rise above a sarcophagus, accompanied by symbols of the Passion. This legend gave rise to the Gregorian Man of Sorrows. In an effort to be nat
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
80 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians". Engraved wood. Signed with the artist's monogram at the bottom in the composition. Ref: Bartsch, n°117. Hollstein & Meder, n°218. Nice proof on laid paper (without watermark). Printed in the 18th century. Margins. 49,5 x 33 cm. Condition A (Few scattered light brown spots on the margins, otherwise in good condition)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
81 - DUSART Cornélis (Haarlem 1660 1704) - "Kopster". 1695. Original etching. Ref: Bartsch & Hollstein, no. 12. Signed and dated in the composition in the lower left corner. Proof of the 3rd state of 4 (before the address of J. Gole was erased) on watermarked laid paper (Letters), covered on the reverse with the collection mark of Würtemberg ( 1841), "Divisions-Auditor" of the Royal Prussian Army in Danzig (Lugt 2606). Fine copper margins. Beautifully printed. A woman, the "Kopster", takes blood fr
Estimate €400 - €600 -
82 - GOLTZIUS Heinrich (1558 1616) & MATHAM Jacob (1571 1631) - "Christ at the Wedding of Cana". Burin after Francesco Salviati (Florence 1510 - Rome 1562). Printed on two sheets of paper. Layered paper (watermark not identified). Names of the artists in point at the bottom of the subject. Ref: Hollstein (Matham), no. 47. New Hollstein (Matham), no. 33. Strauss (Goltzius) & Bartsch, no. 268. New Hollstein attributes the entire plate to Jacob Matham, whereas it was once believed that the left-hand pla
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
83 - HONDIUS I Henry (Published by) (1597 1644/1651) - "Navire Royale faicte en Hollande / Anno 1626" (Warship). Etching and burin. Ref: Hennin, n°2092. Hollstein Dutch and Flemish, n°63. Unique state. Published in Amsterdam. 47 x 62 cm. Condition B (cut at the edge of the square line and formerly mounted on laid paper, slight trace of an old vertical median fold and rare small scattered pitting, slightly unstained).
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
84 - ISAAC Jaspar (Antwerp c.1585 Paris 1654) - "The Adoration of the Magi". Engraved with etching and burin after Louis Finson, called Finsonius (Bruges 1580 Amsterdam 1617). Proof on watermarked laid paper (Armoirie). 68,5 x 53,7 cm. Condition B/C (old restorations, cut on the copper mark, doubled proof)
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
85 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Rembrandt's Mother in Widow's Dress and Black Gloves". 1632. Original etching. Ref: Hind, no. 91. Bartsch, no. 344. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Letters D.G?). Fine margins. Beautiful impression. From this multitude of finely engraved dark lines springs this majestic portrait of the artist's mother. Capturing a solemn moment, this composition represents her dressed in mourning clothes following the death of her husband. 15,5 x 12 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
86 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Self-portrait, Rembrandt drawing at a window". 1648. Original etching, drypoint and burin. Ref: Boon & Bartsch, no. 22. Hind, no. 229. Proof of a somewhat late edition, with the signature "Rembrandt f. 1648" in the point and the landscape engraved in the window (upper part of the landscape almost worn and very faint), on laid paper. Small margins. This is Rembrandt's last large engraved self-portrait. In this iconic image, the artist has presented himself, at
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
87 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The descent from the cross, second plate". 1633. Original etching. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. cum pryvl 1633" in point at the foot of the composition. Ref: Bartsch, no. 81. Hollstein, no. 103. Late print. Margins. 57,3 x 45 cm. Condition A/B (dusty margins).
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000 -
88 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The Hundred Guilder Print". c.1648. Original etching enhanced with drypoint and burin. Ref: Bartsch, no. 74. New Hollstein, n°239. Proof of the 2nd state of 4, before the plate was reworked by Baillie, on watermarked laid paper (Strasbourg Lily & Jesus countermark, IHS with initial under the H in a circle (close Ash-Fletcher, n°25.B)). Composition realized in nearly 10 years and considered Rembrandt's masterpiece. The title of this print comes from the stor
Estimate €12,000 - €15,000 -
89 - REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The Raising of Lazarus", large plate. (The Raising of Lazarus). c. 1632. Original etching. Signed in point in the center of the composition. Reference: Hind, no. 96. Bartsch, no. 73. A fine proof of a late edition on cream wove paper, annotated "Taken from the original copper / belonging to Alvin Beaumont" in grey pencil. Margins. 42,5 x 31,3 cm. Condition A (a trace of old mounting on the verso slightly visible on the recto in the margin, otherwise
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
90 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Johannes Wytenbogardus" (Jan Uytenbogaert, Arminian preacher). 1635. Original etching, drypoint and burin. Ref: Bartsch, n°279. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Head of a madman with dot collar, truncated). 17th century print before numerous retouches. "Johannes Uytenbogaert (1557-1644), tutor of Frederick of Orange and minister of Prince Maurice, was in his time the most eminent theologian and preacher of the remonstrators, Calvinists who followed the doctr
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
91 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Johannes Wytenbogardus" (Jan Uytenbogaert, Arminian preacher). 1635. Original etching, drypoint and burin. Proof on wove paper, bearing on the verso the purple stamp of the sale "A.C Coppier, 2nd sale, Drouot 11/06/08" Beaussant Lefèvre". Late print. Margins. "Johannes Uytenbogaert (1557-1644), preceptor of Frederick of Orange and minister of Prince Maurice, was in his time the most eminent theologian and preacher of the remonstrators, Calvinists who followe
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
92 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (after) - "The Night Watch". 1887. Nice and large etching engraved by Charles-Albert Waltner (Paris 1846 1925). Proof before all letters, on Japon paper, signed in grey pencil by the engraver and bearing the dry stamp of Printsellers' Association (Lugt 2051). Published in London by Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Successors of Goupil & Cie. Margins. Good condition. 72,5 x 100 cm. Condition A (cut inside the copper mark at the bottom and top).
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
93 - SOLIS Virgil (Nüremberg 1514 1562) - Set of 4 engraved plates: 1-"Musicians and lovers sitting around a table", after Erhard Schön (5 x 8,5 cm), Hollstein 186. 2-"The fight of the drinkers", after Erhard Schön, from the series "Four drinking scenes", Hollstein 183. 3-"Dancing couple", after Jörg Breu II (from the series "Dancers and musicians"), (5,7 x 4,5 cm), Hollstein 173. 4-"Apollo with Python, Cupid and Daphne" (from a series of 4 mythological scenes), Hollstein 218. All signed with th
Estimate €400 - €500 -
94 - SUYDERHOEF Jonas (Leiden 1613 Haarlem 1686) - "Nox" (Night). c.1645. Etching and burin after the painting by Joachim von Sandrart (1606 1688). Ref: Le Blanc, no. 117. Hollstein, no. 9. Proof on laid paper, with the handwritten collection mark of G. Storck ((1766-1836), merchant in Milan) on the reverse, Lugt 2318. Beautifully printed. 35 x 25,3 cm. Condition B (cut at the copperplate mark on three sides, small margin at the foot, a short consolidated tear on the left under the arm and a second o
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
95 - VAN DYCK Anton (after) (Antwerp 1599 Blackfriars 1641) - "Titian and his mistress". 1630-1640. etched and engraved by Lucas VORSTERMAN I (Antwerp 1578 Bommel 1667). 2 proofs, with Italian text, printed on laid paper. Ref: New Hollstein, n°628. Both plates formerly mounted on a single bristol sheet. 30 x 23 & 29,4 x 23 cm. Condition C (one of the two lined, the 2 prints damaged, sold as is). Set of 2 plates.
Estimate €800 - €1,200 -
96 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "The Fair of the Impruneta (2nd plate, engraved in Nancy)". 1622. Original etching and burin engraving. Proof of the 2nd state (of 2) with the address of Israël Silvestre in the lower left corner of the tablet, printed on two leaves. Ref: I.F.F After 1800 & Lieure, n°478. A masterpiece of the art of engraving, this print is a precious testimony of the rural society in Tuscany at the beginning of the 17th century. Callot engraved two matrices of L'Impruneta: a
Estimate €800 - €1,200 -
97 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "Portrait of Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Phalsbourg (1588-1631)". c.1623. Original etching. Ref: I.F.F XVIIè, n°505. Lieure, n°505. Proof of the unique state, on watermarked laid paper (Lion creeping & star?). Beautiful impression. 28,7 x 33,9 cm. Condition A (cut on or at the limit of the copperplate mark, a small point of skinned paper in the background, otherwise good condition).
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
98 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "The presentation to the People". 17th century. Original etching. Reference: Lieure, n°285. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Fleur). Plate from the suite of 7 pieces "La Grande Passion". Fine margins. 11,3 x 21,5 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
99 - DELAUNE Etienne (Paris or Orléans c.1518 Strasbourg c.1583) - "The twelve Months of the year (First suite)". c.1561. Complete suite of 12 plates engraved with etching and burin. Proofs of the 1st state on II (before the figures and the address "F.L.D Ciartres Excudit") on old laid paper, glued by the corners, two by two, on cream laid sheets. References: Robert-Dumesnil, n°225 to 236. Courboin, n°4517. "La gravure française à la Reniassance", BNF, n°106. This first series, with rectangular
Estimate €2,500 - €3,000 -
100 - MELLAN Claude (Abbeville 1601 Paris 1688) - "Sainte Marie Madeleine repose dans une grotte". c.1629-1630. Etching and burin. Reference: I.F.F XVIIth, n°113. Proof of the 2nd state (of 2), with the dedication to Guillaume Barclay. 18,5 x 22,4 cm. Condition A (cut on the copper mark at the left and at the foot, formerly glued by the corners on a bluish paper).
Estimate €250 - €300
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