Israël Silvestre, “View of the Mountain and Cave of Sainte-Baume”, c. 1640

Israël Silvestre (aka Israel Sylvestre) (1621–1691)

“View of the Mountain and Cave of Sainte-Baume” (aka “Gezicht op de berg en grot van Sainte-Baume”; “Natural view of the Sainte-Baume in Provence”; “Vue au naturel de la Sainte Baume en Provence”), c. 1640, published in Paris by Pierre Mariette I (1596–1657) with royal privilege from Louis XIV (King of France).  

Etching on fine laid paper with watermark.

Size: (sheet) 16.7 x 31.3 cm; (plate) 13.8 x 30.7 cm; (image borderline) 11.1 x 30.3 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Dessignée et grauée par Israel Syluestre”; (centre) “Veüe au naturel de la Saincte Baume en Prouence./ Auec priuilege du Roy”; (right) “A. Paris chez Pierre Mariette, rue S. Iacques a l’Esperance”.

LeBlanc 698; Faucheux 288

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Sainte-Baume in Provence: landscape with cascading river at right, and at left a fortified city standing at the bottom of a mountain ridge, with the entrance of the cave visible behind the town/ Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_X-9-178).

See also the description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200255617.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with small margins. Beyond minor surface marks and areas of thinness visible when held to the light, the sheet is in a good condition, free from tears, holes, folds, or significant stains.

Price & Shipping: AU$262 (approx. US$169.95 / €147.32 / £129.48), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this panoramic view looking towards the cave in the mountain where Christian tradition holds that Saint Mary Magdalene spent her final years—note the location marker of tiny angels in the sky above the saint’s grotto (though I may be mistaken about this). To inquire, contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com, and I will send you a PayPal invoice for a secure and convenient payment process.

Raphael Sadeler, “Saint Arnulf (Arnoul) of Metz”, 1598, after Maarten de Vos

Raphael Sadeler I (1560/61–1628/32)

“Saint Arnulf (Arnoul) of Metz” (TIB title), 1598, engraving after a drawing by Maarten de Vos (aka Maarten de Vos; Maerten de Vos) (1532–1603) in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (inv. 79B17, pl. 5). Plate 12, from a series of twenty-five engravings and the title plate, “Trophies of the Solitary Life” (aka “Trophaeum Vitae Solitariae”; “Het deugdzame leven van kluizenaars” [The Virtuous Life of Hermits]) with privilege granted for its publication by Clement VIII and the German emperor, Rudolf II of Habsburg. This is a lifetime impression from the first state before the plate number is effaced in the second state.

Engraving on laid paper with the watermark of an anchor in a circle with a collector’s ink stamp verso, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 25.2 x 28.6 cm; (plate) 16.9 x 20.8 cm; (image borderline) 15.4 x 20.8 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower right) "Vos fig. R Sadeler Scalpsit cu[m] grat. Et priuil. S. Po[n]t:”

Lettered below the image borderline in two columns of two lines of Latin: " Exuit ARNVLPHVS …/ …// 12// …/ … mira facit.”

State i (of ii)

TIB 7101. 120 S1 (Isabelle de Ramaix 2006, “The Illustrated Bartsch”, vol. 71, Part 1 [Supplement], New York, Abaris Books, p. 166, cat. no. [7101].120 S1); Sénéchal 1987, no. 29; Hollstein 1980, vol. 21, no. 138; Hollstein 1995–96, vol. 44, no. 1036.

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1958-0712-206.

Regarding biographical details about Saint Arnulf, Isabelle de Ramaix (2001) advises: “Arnulf, became bishop of Metz (France) about 611. He retired ca. 626 to a hermitage in the Vosges mountains, later the monastery of Remiremont, where he died” (p. 166).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (museum-quality) impression with wide margins, laid on an archival-quality millennium washi support sheet. Beyond an ink stamp of a previous collector verso and a black dot in the sky at upper left, the sheet is in an excellent condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Price & Shipping: AU$330 (approx. US$214.89 / €186.69 / £164.53), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this rare first-state impression of a beautifully crafted and unusual engraving of the hermit saint, St. Arnulf, praying before a crucifix—please note the bishop’s mitre behind the saint, alluding to his former role as the bishop of Metz in northeast France. To inquire, contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com, and I will send you a PayPal invoice for a convenient payment process.

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Peter Paul Bouche, “Icarus and Daedalus”, 1703, after Hendrik Abbé

Peter Paul Bouche (c. 1646–1702)

“Icarus and Daedalus”, 1703, engraving after the design by the Flemish artist, Hendrik Abbé (1639–after 1677). The engraving was published in Amsterdam in 1703 by Pieter and Johannes Blaeu and Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge (c. 1651–1706) as an illustration to Joost van den Vondel’s (1587–1679) translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, “Herscheppinge, in Nederduitsch dicht vertaelt door J. V. Vondel. Verrijkt met de Historische, Zede- ent Staetkundige Aenmerkingen van den Heere Pieter du Ryer” (Re-creations, in Low German closely translated by J. V. Vondel. Enriched with the Historical, Moral, and Statesmanship Remarks of Lord Pieter du Ryer) (see “The Works of Vondel. Part 7. Translations from the Latin of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid”: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/vond001dewe07_01/vond001dewe07_01_0027.php).

Engraving on laid paper with a small margin around the platemark and letterpress text verso.

Size: (sheet) 17.3 x 24.9 cm; (plate) 16.5 x 22.9 cm; (image borderline) 15.8 x 22.5 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “[monogram of Hendrik Abbé], delin.”; (right) “Petr. Paul Bouche. Sculpsit.”

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

Price & Shipping: The total price is AU$260 (approximately US$168.20 / €146.35 / £129.22), which includes worldwide express shipping. Please note that import duties and taxes are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you're interested in acquiring this eye-catching engraving, it depicts Daedalus already wearing his wings and attaching a set to his son Icarus—with the tragic aftermath of Icarus flying too close to the sun visible in the distance. Please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll be happy to send you a PayPal invoice for a secure and straightforward transaction.

Nicolas Chaperon, “Fall of Jericho”, 1649, after Raphael

Nicolas Chaperon (aka Nicolas Chapron) (1612–1654/5)

“Fall of Jericho” (aka “Val van Jericho”; “La Prise de Jéricho”), 1649, plate 38 from the series or 54 plates (including the Title and Dedication plates), “Raphael Bible” (aka “Sacrae Historiae Acta a Raphael Urbin in Vaticanis xystis ad picturae miraculum expressa”), after Raphael’s (aka Raffaello Sanzio; Raffaello Santi) (1483–1520) frescoes in the Logge di Raffaello of the Vatican, published in Paris by Pierre Mariette I (c.1603–1657) from the first Parisian edition.

Etching on heavy laid paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 28.8 x 37.8 cm; (plate) 24.5 x 29 cm; (image borderline) 23 x 28.9 cm.

Lettered in plate within the image borderline: (lower right corner) “Typis Petre Mariette via Iacobea Sub Signo Spei”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: “R. V. I.” (Raphaelis. Urbinatis. Inventor.); (centre) “Arca Dni septies circuit Ciuitatem et clangentib⁹ tubis/ Jericho corruerunt Moenia. Iosue. C.VI.” (The Ark of the Lord circled the City seven times and with the sound of trumpets the walls of Jericho fell. Joshua. C.VI); (right) “N. C. F. (Nicolas. Chaperon. Fecit.)/ 38”

State iii (of iv) before the addition of the royal privilege note, “cum privilegio regis”, of the second edition.

Robert-Dumesnil 40 (Robert-Dumesnil 1842, “Le Peintre-Graveur Français”, Paris, vol. 6, p. 227, cat. no. 40 [https://archive.org/details/bnf-bpt6k65576943/page/n245/mode/2up): IFF 38 (Département des estampes 1939–, “Inventaire du Fonds Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Siècle”, vol. 2, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, vol. 2, cat. no. 38).

See also the description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200170535.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression. Beyond a few faint marks in the margin, the sheet is in an excellent condition for its considerable age and size with no tears, holes, abrasions, or significant stains. The print has been mounted onto an archival, millennium-quality washi paper support to ensure its stability and preservation.

Price & Shipping: The total price is AU$312 (approximately US$203.63 / €176.77 / £155.07), which includes worldwide express shipping. Please note that import duties and taxes are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in acquiring this striking etching by Chaperon depicting the Fall of Jericho, which shows the walls collapsing in response to the sound of trumpets and the Israelites’ march, with the Ark of the Covenant carried on a procession to the left, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will be happy to send you a PayPal invoice for a secure and straightforward purchase.

This print has been sold