Live auction - Lot 224
[Flemish]
Various subjects of figures and animals.
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
9 engravings, c. 9 x 12,3 cm (wide margins).
Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.
9 of 14 engr. from the series with various subjects composed by Jan Baptist De Wael for Gaspar Roomer, including: 1. title-plate, 2nd state, numbered "1", published in Rome by Vincenzo Billy (wide margins). - 2. a fisherman and a woman leading a herd through a river, 2nd state, numbered "2" (wide margins). - 3. the cart, 2nd state, numbered "4' (wide margins, sl. toned in lower corners). - 4. a woman mounting a donkey, 2nd state, numbered "6" (wide margins). - 5. the card-players, 1st state, before the number (trimmed to the platemark). Ownership stamp on verso. - 6. the pilgrims, 2nd state, numbered "8" (wide margins). - 7. the bagpipe-player, 2nd state, numbered "9" (wide margins, margins sl. soiled). - 8. peasants fighting, 2nd state, numbered "10" (wide margins, sl. toned). - 9. a woman spinning, 2nd state, numbered "13" (wide margins).
Ref. New Hollstein (Jan Baptist De Wael), 3.II, 4.II, 6.II, 8.II, 9.I, 10.II, 11.II, 12.II, 15.II.