Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Monday, 24 February 2025

Wenceslaus Hollar, “Portrait of Johannes van Malderus”, 1645, after Anthony van Dyck

Wenceslaus Hollar (aka Václav Hollar; Wenzel Hollar) (1607–1677)

“Portrait of Johannes van Malderus” (aka “Portrait of Jan van Malderen”)— (1563–1633) the fifth bishop of Antwerp from 1611 until his death, 1645, from the series, “Icones Principum Virorum”, after Anthony van Dyck’s (aka Anthoni [Ridder] van Dijck; Antoon van Dijk; Anton van Dyck; Anthony van Dijck) (1599–1641) painting, a copy of which is held in the Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp. A later impression printed by the Louvre Chalography.

Etching on wove paper with wide margins and the Louvre Chalcography blind stamp below the image borderline at left.

Size: (sheet) 39.5 x 28.9 cm; (plate) 26.9 x 20.5 cm; (image borderline) 24.6 x 20.1 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (right) “Antoniius van Dyck pinxit”; (cemtre) “PERILL:^ris et REVEREN:^mus DOMINVS IOANNES MALDERVS/ EPISCOPVS ANTVERPIENSIS et./ wHollar fecit aqia forti, Antuerpiæ A:^o 1645.”; (right) “xcudit.”

State iii (of iii) with the address of the previous publisher, Jan Meyssens (1613–1670) erased.

Pennington 1463 (Richard Pennington 1982, “A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607–1677”, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, p. 254, cat. no. 1463); New Hollstein German (Hollar) 730 (Giulia Bartrum [ed.] 2009-, “The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700: Wenceslaus Hollar”, vol. III, Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel, Sound and Vision, cat. no. 730); Nagler 91.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Portrait of Jan van Malderus, seated half-length to right, with head turned to look to left; wearing clerical gown, hat and cross, holding a book in his right hand; after Van Dyck …” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1888-0612-27 [inv. 1888,0612.27]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this marvellous etching by one of the most famous of the 17^th century printmakers, for AU$296 (equivalent to approximately US$187.99, EUR 179.44, or GBP 148.79 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$296).

If you are interested in purchasing this sensitively executed portrait after Van Dyck, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.