Lot Essay
Holl. 180 is being sold with a strip of paper signed, inscribed and dated by Coornhert in 1616 in his function of public notary
Jodocus de Momper (Dut., Holl., M.-H. 7)
Details
Sir Anthony van Dyck
Jodocus de Momper (Dut., Holl., M.-H. 7)
etching, Dut. and M.-H.'s first state (of five), a very good impression of this rare state, before all letters, the title inscribed in pen and ink, watermark Phoenix surrounded by Laurels (M.-H. wmk. 252, noted as appearing on early state impressions of the etchings), trimmed on or just within the platemark, a small made-up spot at the upper left, touched-in with pen and black ink, a little thinning in places at the edges, S. 234 x 156mm.; Self-portrait, engraved by P. Neeffs, (Holl. 4), etching, 1645, third state (of four); Le Roy, Philippe, by L. Vorsterman (and P. Pontius), after Sir A. van Dyck (Holl. 173), engraving, seventh state (of sixteen); and Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert, by H. Goltzius (Holl. 180), engraving, circa 1591, third (final) state, with letters, trimmed to the oval border, lacking the ornamental frame (4)
Jodocus de Momper (Dut., Holl., M.-H. 7)
etching, Dut. and M.-H.'s first state (of five), a very good impression of this rare state, before all letters, the title inscribed in pen and ink, watermark Phoenix surrounded by Laurels (M.-H. wmk. 252, noted as appearing on early state impressions of the etchings), trimmed on or just within the platemark, a small made-up spot at the upper left, touched-in with pen and black ink, a little thinning in places at the edges, S. 234 x 156mm.; Self-portrait, engraved by P. Neeffs, (Holl. 4), etching, 1645, third state (of four); Le Roy, Philippe, by L. Vorsterman (and P. Pontius), after Sir A. van Dyck (Holl. 173), engraving, seventh state (of sixteen); and Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert, by H. Goltzius (Holl. 180), engraving, circa 1591, third (final) state, with letters, trimmed to the oval border, lacking the ornamental frame (4)
Provenance
Holl. 7, F. Kalle (L. 1021); and an unidentified collector's stamp Initials HW
Holl. 4, an unidentified collector's stamp Initials ABV
Holl. 4, an unidentified collector's stamp Initials ABV