Unidentified engraver from the circle of Hieronymus Cock (aka Jérome Cock)
(c1517/18-1570)
“David
Talks to Soldiers about Goliath” (aka
“David spreekt met soldaten over Goliat”), c1556, plate 4 from the series of ten
plates (New Hollstein 94–103), “Story of David and
Saul” (aka “Verhaal van David en Saul”), after a
related drawing in the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris (inv. M 1703) by Maarten
van Heemskerck (aka Martin Heemskerk; Maarten van Veen) (1498–1574), initially
published in Antwerp by Hieronymus Cock and later by Theodoor Galle (aka
Theodor Galle; Dirck Galle) (1571–1633).
Engraving on laid paper with a small margin around the
platemark.
Size: (sheet) 22.2 x 28.5 cm; (plate) 20.4 x 25.3 cm;
(image borderline) 19.7 x 24.9 cm.
Numbered in plate within the image borderline: (lower
left corner) “.4.”.
Lettered in plate below the image borderline: “Annūciata
sunt verba que locutus est Dauid in conspectu Regis . i. Re . i7 .” (Transl. “The
words that David spoke were announced in the presence of the King”).
New Hollstein Dutch 97 (Ilja Veldman [comp.] 1993/4, “The
new Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450–1700: Maarten
van Heemskerck”, vol. 1, Roosendaal, Koninklijke Van Poll, p. 93, cat. no. 97);
Riggs 137 (Timothy A[llan] Riggs 1976, “Hieronymus Cock (1510–1570): Printmaker
and Publisher in Antwerp at the Sign of the Four Winds”, Ann Arbor, p. 344,
cat. no. 137).
The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of
this print:
(Transl.) “David visits the camp where his brothers
are encamped and asks the soldiers what happens to the person who defeats the
Philistine Goliath in the background, after which they tell him about the
rewards. One of the soldiers he is talking to may be his brother Eliab. Behind
this scene is Saul. In the margin a one-line caption in Latin from 1 Sam. (Incorrectly
indicated as 1 Kings on the print)” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.223115).
See also the description offered by the British
Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1949-0709-68.
Condition: a strong early/lifetime impression still
retaining the scratched guide lines for the lettering, with small margins in
museum quality/near pristine condition (i.e., there are no tears, holes, folds,
abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling) for its considerable age.
I am selling this finely executed engraving showing
David at right holding his sheep herding crook while discussing a plan to
battle with the imposingly gigantic and rather skimpily clad (in my opinion) Goliath
in the far distance, for AU$289 in total (currently US$217.36/EUR187.14/GBP157.93
at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere
in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some
countries. Note that this large sheet will be rolled in a tube for shipping.
If you are interested in purchasing this superb
example of the period style known as Mannerism—note the grand gestures, the exaggerated
movements and the compaction/crowding of figures in the scene as well as the theatrical
lighting—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you
a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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