Published by c.1700, 1700
Seller: Pictura Prints, Art & Books, Overasselt, Netherlands
Art / Print / Poster
After Aegidius Sadeler (attributed) (illustrator). 'DOMITIA LONGINA DOMITIANI VXOR. / XII / DOMITIA ESPOUSA DOMITIAN ERERE DE TITUS, AU TEMPS DE SON SECOND CONSULAT ET EURENT UN FILS DE LEUR / MARIAGE. MAIS ESTANT PARUENU A L'EMPIRE, IL LA REPUDIA ENCORE QUIL L'EUT HONOREE DU NOM D'AUGUSTA. / TOUTEFOIS EXCESSIUEMENT EPRIS DE SON AMOUR IL LA RAPELLA, BIEN QUE LA FILLE DE TITUS SON FRERE LUY / FUT PRESENTEE POUR FEMME, IL NE POUUOIT VIURE SANS DOMITIA, ET NE LAISSA PAS D'AYMER CETTE NIEPCE / COMME SA CONCUBINE, IL FUT ENFIN CAUSE DE SA MORT, CAR IL FIT AUORTER SON FRUIT. SUET AND DOMIT. INSCRIPTIONS AND TEXTUAL ELEMENTS: MARIETTE EXCUDIT. 'Portrait of Domitia Longina, in elaborate Roman dress and hairstyle, facing right. Richly ornamented jewelry and drapery. Includes a narrative in French describing her marriage and tragic death.Made by Anonymous, published by Pierre Mariette after After Aegidius Sadeler (attributed).Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 23.3 x 33.7 cm (9.17 x 13.27 inch). Image size: 19 x 27.6 cm. (7.48 x 10.87 inch).DOMITIA LONGINA, DOMITIAN, ROMAN EMPRESS, PIERRE MARIETTE, SADELER, ANTIQUE PORTRAIT, JULIO-CLAUDIAN WOMEN | PCO-E22-21BACKGROUND INFORMATIONPart of a Roman empresses portrait series; print published by Pierre Mariette (c.1700), a Parisian printseller and publisher of classical and historical subjects.Biography engraver: Anonymous engraver.Biography artist: Aegidius Sadeler (c. 15701629), Flemish engraver of the late Renaissance, known for court portraiture and historical engravings. Condition: very good, given age. Full margins, light toning, faint fold in top margin, strong clean impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Beautiful engraving after the Annunciation by Giovanni Lanfranco, today at the Hermitage: the Virgin kneels on the left while being announced by the Angel, pointing with his hand towards the sky. The dove representing the Holy Spirit appears in between the clouds. The engraving is in revers in respect to the original painting. The print was realized by the French engraver Nicolas Bazin and published by Pierre Mariette. As from the inscription at the bottom left we aknowledge that the painting was painted in Rome: 'Peint á Rome par le Chevalier Lanfranc'; further the address of the seller: 'A Paris chez Basset rue S. Jacques' and 'Mariette excud. 'and eventually: 'N. Bazin'; numbered above on the right: N. 27' l Engraving on paper with wide margins; plate mark: 257 x 192 mm, total: 381 x 286 mm; slight soiling due to handling, light foxing along the margins.
Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB, Den Haag, Netherlands
Italianate landscape with a thick woods on the left and a hilly landscape on the right. Walking on a bridge towards the foreground Abraham and Isaac.Numbered on the bottom left: '2'; signed and with address on the bottom: 'P.Mariette excu. / Avec privilege du Roy // P.bril Inventor / Nieulant fecit'. From a set of five italianate landscapes after Bril.On verso collector's mark: Pim van Eekelen (Amsterdam 1923-1984) (L.5101).[NL] Landschap met Abraham en Isaak. Italiaanse landschappen (serietitel). Abraham en zijn zoon Isaak, die het hout draagt, lopen over een houten brug in een bebost en heuvelachtig landschap naar de offerplaats. De twee knechten en de ezel hebben zij achter zich gelaten. Prent uit een serie Italiaanse landschappen. Etching on paper with small margins; plate mark: 233 x 315 mm, total: 240 x 327 mm; state V/5, in very good state despite some smudges along the most external margins; Hollstein 77.
Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB, Den Haag, Netherlands
An Italianate river landscape with an opening towards the sea. Figures on foreground left and sailing boats floating on the right.Numbered on the bottom right: '5'. From a set of five prints after Bril.Signed and with the address on the bottom: 'P. Bril Inventor / Nieulant fecit // P.Mariette excu. / Avec privilege du Roy '.On verso collector's mark: Pim van Eekelen (Amsterdam 1923-1984) (L.5101).[NL] Dorp aan een baai. Italiaanse landschappen (serietitel). In een baai ligt een zeilschip voor anker, daarnaast een roeiboot. Aan de baai ligt een dorp met een kerk. De ingang van de baai wordt geflankeerd door twee torens. Op zee varen enkele zeilschepen. Op de voorgrond twee figuren en een herder met zijn schapen. Prent uit een serie Italiaanse landschappen. Etching on paper trimmed to plate mark; total: 236 x 316 mm; state V/5, in very good state; Hollstein 80.
Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB, Den Haag, Netherlands
US$ 1,104.43
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Add to basketBeautiful etchings with landscapes enclosed into decorative, geometrical and floreal frames; many landscapes have biblical representations: for example plate numbered with 1 is Moses by the Red Sea and nr 2. Moses striking the rock with a stick; all the plates present Mariette's indications and on one plate (nr. 3) with address: 'a Paris Chez P. Mariette rue S. Jacques a l 'Esperance avecq privilege'; plates are numbered and therefore are from the 1751 collection: Oeuvres d'architecture de Jean Le Pautre architecte, dessinateur et graveur du Roi : contenant les Portes, Cheminées, Lambris, Alcoves, Cabinets, Portails d'Églises, Clôtures de Chapelles, Portes de Choeur, Retables d'Autel, Tabernacles, Soleils, Plaques, Eau-bénitiers, Chaires à prêcher, OEuvres et Bancs de Marguilliers, Confessionnaux, Sépultures, Epitaphes, et Tombeaux. Etchings and engraving on paper with some margin; ca. plate mark: 217 x 298 mm, total: 227 x 308 mm; the first plate is pasted down, probably because of defects on he paper; all the other plates are in good condition, despite some smudges on the bottom right corner; Nagler 5.