15
by an engraving by Annibale Carracci of the same subject” (Fitzwilliam Museum).
Ref.
Cp. Bartsch
XX, p. 49, 13. Fitzwilliam Museum.
47 SADELER, Joannes I & Raphael I
- The kitchens of Sadeler, s.d. Set of 2 tool engr. after Jacopo
Bassano, Venetian paper c. 1600, watermarks “Crown” and “Crown and circle”, 23,6 x 29,5 cm
(trimmed to the borderline), 23,5 x 29,4 cm (good margins); engr. names and dedic. Sm. tear just
touching the picture repaired at upper margin of “The rich man”, lower right corner of “Christ in
Emmaus” repaired. Very good impressions.
€
500/700
From a set of 3, probably ed. by Marcus Sadeler.
Joannes I
: The rich man and the poor Lazarus. -
Raphael I
: Christ in Emmaus, 1593. Both with dedication to J.A. à Sprinzenstain and Neuhaus and
Ferdinand, duke of Austria. Beautiful plates representing busy kitchens and abundance of food.
Ref.
Hollstein XXI, p. 112, 200 & p. 223, 43.
48 [Satire]
-
CRANACH the Elder, Lucas
- Two large satirical woodcuts from “Der Neundte Teil der
Bücher (…) Martini Lutheri”, Wittenberg, H. Lufft, 1558. In very good condition.
€
150/250
1.
“Deutung der grewlichen Figurn Bapstesels/ zu Rom funden” (= f. 184v), depicting a beast
supposedly discovered in the Tiber in 1496. It is a composition of an ass, a cock, a snake or lizard, a
man’s face, and a woman’s bosom. Luther used the image to satirize Pope Alexander VI.
2.
“Deutung
des Münchkalbs zu Freiberg” (= f. 187r), depicting a malformed cattle fetus used as an allegory for
monasticism. The crafty woodcuts by L. Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) were 1st published in 1523
with a commentary by Luther and Melanchthon.
49 [Satire]
-
Satirical print on the Mass
, [Low Countries, 2nd half 16th c.]. Engraving, c. 18 x 25 cm;
with printed text (verses in Latin and Dutch) and monogram “PH”. Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€
200/300
Three Reformers try to cut down a “Catholic” tree.
Ref.
Atlas Van Stolk 345.
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