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Lot 125: Stradanus, Galle - Famous Roman Women - Complete set (6)

Est: €1,500 EUR - €2,200 EURSold:
Old Master PrintIZEGEM, BelgiumApril 27, 2023

Item Overview

Description

A complete series of six plates, inventor Jan van der Straet, Stradanus (1523-1605), publisher Philips Galle (1537-1612) and engraver his son Theodoor Galle (1571-1633) . This series with the highly unusual subject of the illustrious deeds of Roman women, known only to have been visualized by Stradanus, seems to have been dear to the artist, more then 20 years earlier he made other design drawings with the same subject matter engraved by Peter Furnius in 1573. This rare set, engraved after new designs by Stradanus dates from around 1593-1597. Rare, incomplete in British Museum.

Dimensions

22,30 x 28,70 cm

Artist or Maker

Medium

Engravings

Date

1593-1597

Condition Report

Good impressions on soft watermarked laid paper from the period. Full plate border and wide margins a bit thumbed in bottom left corner and some moderate age toning. A homogeneous set of this rare non religious series.

Literature

New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (707-712. I) Baroni Vannucci 1997 / Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, flandrus pictor et inventor (707.1-6) Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (390-395) ---------- The set consist of the following: Plate 1, The Mothers of the Sabine Virgins Making Peace, between their Roman husbands and their fathers; in the foreground, a group of women plead with three soldiers, beyond, other women place themselves between the opposing armies; the city of Rome appears in the background. Plate 2, The Abduction of Cloelia; in the foreground, personification of the Tiber resting on an amphora and holding a cornucopia; to left, the Roman she-wolf suckles Romulus and Remus; behind, Cloelia and one of her sisters, re-crossing the river on horseback. Plate 3, Veturia and Volumnia begging Coriolanus standing on a dais, to right, a group of women and children, including his wife Volumnia and his mother Veturia, beg him not to attack Rome; behind, a military camp; Rome is visible in the distance. Plate 4: Triumphal of Claudia and her father; During his triumphal, a Roman consul is attacked by the people. His daughter Claudia intervenes and calms people. Plate 5, The Vestal Virgin Tuccia proves her innocence; in the foreground, Tuccia fills a sieve from the river Tiber, represented as a bearded man, resting on an amphora and holding a cornucopia; to right, Romulus and Remus suckle the she-wolf; behind, female personification of Rome; to left, midground, Tuccia kneels before a temple; in the background, a group of women are astonished at her ability not to lose the water in the sieve. Plate 6: Cornelia, wife of Tiberius Gracchus and mother of the Gracchi brothers and virtuous wife, presented as a good mother playing with her child and as a diligent housewife engaged in sewing and crochet. In the background right her husband Tiberius kill a snake.

Notes

All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed.

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Auction Details

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April 27, 2023, 07:00 PM CET

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