PROVENANCE
Prints and a Few Drawings from Great Collections of the Past
Prints and a Few Drawings from Great Collections of the Past
- Master MR, Christ on the Cross
- Dürer, St. Bartholomew
- Dürer, Christ Before Caiaphas
- Raimondi, Philosophy
- Raimondi, Façade with Caryatids
- Beham, Job Conversing
- Beham, Satyr Sounding a Horn
- Beham, Peasant Couple Walking
- Caraglio, Martyrdom of St. Paul
- Aldegrever, Standard Bearer
- Pencz, Feeding the Hungry
- Pencz, Artemisia Preparing
- Falconetto, Tomb Surmounted
- Claesz, St. Peter Seated
- Treu, Noble Dancers
- Master FP, Hercules Killing
- Brun, February
- Solis, Arithmetria
- de Bruyn, The Circumcision
- Sadeler, Virgin and Child
- Goltzius, A Young Man
- Matham, The Planets
- Brizio, Extensive Landscape
- van de Velde, Fête Villageoise
- van de Velde, Backgammon
- van Uyttenbroek, Tobias
- van Uyttenbroek, Bacchus
- Rembrandt, The Small Lion Hunt
- Hollar, Woman with Headdress
- Saftleven, Dutch Peasant
- Ostade, Bust of a Peasant
- Stoop, A Grazing Horse
- Fyt, Set of Animals
- Bega, The Three Drinkers
- Anonymous, Landscape
- Nanteuil, Charles Benoise
- Nanteuil, Cardinal Mazarin
- Nanteuil, Pierre Seguier
- van Vliet, St. Jerome Sitting
- Cossin, Ornament Design
- Sirani, St. Eustace
- Somer, Hagar and Ishmael
- Daullé, La Muse Clio
- Tiepolo, The Holy Family
- MacArdell, Hannah, Mrs. Horneck
- Laurie, Elizabeth, Dutchess
- Denon, Village Scene
- Charlet, Les Français
- Pieraccini, Holy Family
- Daumier, Y n’y a rien comm’
- Daubigny, Les Ruines du Chateau
- Daubigny, Lever de Lune
- Meryon, Le Petit Pont
- Rops, La Poupée du Satyre
- Whistler, Old Hungerford Bridge
- Legros, Un Coin de Rivière
- Buhot, Frontispice
- Forain, La Rencontre
- Pennell, Hampton Court Palace
- Delâtre, Silhouette de Femme
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39. Jan Joris (Johannes Gillisz) van Vliet (ca. 1600/10-ca. 1668) St. Jerome Sitting at a Table, Reading |
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St. Jerome Sitting at a Table, Reading
Other Images:
Etching and engraving, ca. 1632/34, 339 x 214 mm., Bartsch 14, Hollstein 14, Royalton-Kisch 44 i/iv. Superb, rich impression of the rare first state on laid paper trimmed to the subject but complete; some spots of strong foxing, diagonal fold mark at the lower left, some soft creases, old backing around the edges verso. The work is probably Van Vliet's finest etching. Despite the flaws in condition, the distinguished provenance is evidence of the high quality of the impression.
Provenance:
Pierre Mariette (Lugt 1788). The great French collector and dealer has been discussed earlier. His date of acquisition written on this print is 1671.
François Debois (L. 985). Debois, who died ca. 1845 after being hit by a carriage was, incredibly, considering what follows, a tailor. He must have been the world’s most financially successful tailor, because over the course of less than twenty years, until 1843, he put together a collection of old master prints that, when it came to sale, astonished the collecting world with its riches and rarities. A catalog of the collection was commissioned and published in 1843, done by the then expert Defer, and even in that year Debois acquired, among other things, a good half of the complete works of Marcantonio Raimondi, formerly in the collection of Denon. Alas, the world turns and things change. Financial reverses caused Debois to offer his collection at auction and, right around that time he perished in an accident. There were three sales in Paris, in 1844 and 1845, which included the finest early Italian engravings, Dürers, Rembrands, the Marcantonios and virtually everything else of note. The sale was attended by dealers and collectors from around the world, but the Bibliothèque Nationale managed to spend a sizable sum on acquisitions. This print bears Debois’ acquisition date of 1824 and was therefore one of the earliest to enter his collection.
Anonymous collector GG (L. 1156). The mark is believed to be that of an Italian collector of the second half of the nineteenth century, as it has been noted on a number of Italian drawings sold at auction. However, as the mark is poorly stamped here, it may be that of a different collector.
Leonard Baskin (not yet in Lugt). Baskin, discussed earlier, has here inscribed the verso L & L Baskin in addition to the pomegranate stamp, and placed his date of acquisition, 1964, below.
François Debois (L. 985). Debois, who died ca. 1845 after being hit by a carriage was, incredibly, considering what follows, a tailor. He must have been the world’s most financially successful tailor, because over the course of less than twenty years, until 1843, he put together a collection of old master prints that, when it came to sale, astonished the collecting world with its riches and rarities. A catalog of the collection was commissioned and published in 1843, done by the then expert Defer, and even in that year Debois acquired, among other things, a good half of the complete works of Marcantonio Raimondi, formerly in the collection of Denon. Alas, the world turns and things change. Financial reverses caused Debois to offer his collection at auction and, right around that time he perished in an accident. There were three sales in Paris, in 1844 and 1845, which included the finest early Italian engravings, Dürers, Rembrands, the Marcantonios and virtually everything else of note. The sale was attended by dealers and collectors from around the world, but the Bibliothèque Nationale managed to spend a sizable sum on acquisitions. This print bears Debois’ acquisition date of 1824 and was therefore one of the earliest to enter his collection.
Anonymous collector GG (L. 1156). The mark is believed to be that of an Italian collector of the second half of the nineteenth century, as it has been noted on a number of Italian drawings sold at auction. However, as the mark is poorly stamped here, it may be that of a different collector.
Leonard Baskin (not yet in Lugt). Baskin, discussed earlier, has here inscribed the verso L & L Baskin in addition to the pomegranate stamp, and placed his date of acquisition, 1964, below.
