Collectors' Stamps
A selection of prints which carry the collectors' stamps of their illustrious former owners:
A fine portrait with decorative border, from the 'admirable and rich' Cabinet Brentano-Brickenstock, founded by the Viennese J.M. von Birckenstock (1738-1809), friend of the great print scholar Adam Bartsch, and continued through subsequent generations:
Athanasius Rodulphius. Patritius Florentinus, pro Seren.mo Magno Hetru riae Duce ad Pacis universalis trae tatus 1648. Inquirunt Pacem et Peresquuntur Eam.
Anselmus van Halle pinxit. Petrus de Ioden sculpsit.
Accessit Privilegium Caesareum. Cum privilegio Regum eet Hollandiae Ordinum 1649.
Engraving, with collector's stamp on verso with very large margins. Plate 305 x 196mm (12 x 7¾"). Excellent impression.
Anatasio Ridolfi, a Catholic theologian and secretary of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. He served as Envoy for the Peace of Westphalia.
Lugt 1921: [Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock].
[Ref: 28451] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A portrait of Johannes Froben, who worked with Erasmus and Holbein. This print was in the collection of Friedrich August II of Saxony, whose uncle Albert founded the famous Albertina museum in Vienna:
[Johannes Froben.]
H. HolBeen. Pinxit. L. Visscher. fecit.
[n.d. c.1664.]
Engraving. Collector's stamp on front lower right and verso lower left. Plate 165 x 133mm. 6½ x 5¼".
Portrait of Johannes Froben, bust to left, wearing fur-trimmed coat; in a circle on a pedestal. Johann Froben (c.1460-1527) was a famous printer and publisher in Basel. He printed the works of Erasmus of Rotterdam and some woodcuts by Holbein.
Ex Collection: Friedrich August II (1797-1854) King of Saxony. Lugt: 971; and G. Ritter von Franck (1807-1860), Vienna. Lugt: 1152.
[Ref: 24661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
This tiny mezzotint comes from the collection of the Arenbergs, described by Lugt as 'amongst the greatest patrons of the arts in Belgium since the 16th century':
[Piper and goat.]
[by Jonas Umbach.]
[n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint, 65 x 95mm. Laid down. Arenberg collector's stamp (L.567) verso.
Rare early mezzotint by Jonas Umbach (c.1624-1700).
Ex: Arenberg collection
[Ref: 12025] £580
Previously owned by the Rouen businessman Louis Deglatigny (1854-1936) who after 'retiring into a studious retirement' dedicated himself to research and collecting:
[Woman writing.]
Carel De Moor P. et fecit
[n.d., c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 162 x 127mm (6¼ x 5"). With margins. Rubbed. Two collector's stamps verso, one reading 'Lyn Mildé', the other of Louis Deglatigny (1854-1936)
Mezzotint of a woman writing, by Leiden artist Carel de Moor (1656-1738).
Lugt: 1768a (collector's stamp of L. Deglatigny). V. der Kellen No. 16 II
[Ref: 23396] £230
A portrait of Thomas Howard, himself a distinguished art collector (see our post on Henry Stuart) from the collection of Julian Marshall (1836-1903), whose collection 'was distinguished by a rare uniformity and quality of condition':
[Thomas Howard.]
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Signed by J Houbraken on verso in ink.
Engraving, scarce, proof before title. Plate 370 x 235mm. 14½ x 9¼". First state. Slight stain through middle.
Thomas Howard (1585-1646) 14th Earl of Arundel was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. From Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great Britain".
Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 23986] £320
This arresting portrait once owned to John Charrington, keeper of prints at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (and author of the standard work on prints after Rembrandt), and subsequently passed through the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, one of the great print collectors of the twentieth century:
[His Grace Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough...]
[J. Reynolds Pinx.t 1758. R. Houston Fecit.]
[Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross. Price 2.s]
Very rare mezzotint, proof before letters. Collector's stamp outside image area to right. Plate 330 x 228mm. 13 x 9". Repaired tear in background
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-1758) was a British soldier and politician.
Cambridge; Lugt: 572.
[Ref: 24423] £260
Another portrait after Reynolds, which fittingly was owned by Sir Thomas Lawrence, who succeeded Reynolds as the pre-eminent portrait painter of his day (and was also president of the RA):
[Lady Elizabeth Herbert.]
Sr Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. John Dean Fecit.
Published Jany 1.st 1779 by J. Dean.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof; two collector's stamps. Plate 502 x 355mm. 19¾ x 14".
Whole-length portrait sitting to left on the ground, her right arm resting on a stone, looking down at her son who has his left hand on her chin; trees behind. Elizabeth, Countess of Carnarvon (1752-1826) was wife of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon; seen here with her son Charles Herbert (1774-1808) joined the navy and drowned.
CS: 11, i/ii. Hamilton: p.107. Lugt: 2446; Sir Lawrence (1769-1830), painter, London. Lugt: 1623. Thomas Kirk (1765?-1797), painter and engraver in London.
[Ref: 25580] £480
An excellent mezzotint of a shepherdess once owned by Fritz Reiss, who possessed 'a rich collection of mezzotints, one of the finest of its kind':
Shepherdess. [in pencil.]
Westall. Eng.d J. Grozier [in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint, Grozer's own unfinished proof, with his pencil writing. 380 x 280mm.
The sitter is noted as 'Miss Smith of Westminster'. Pencil annotations in the margin (possibly Reiss's) state 'Grozer's own proof with his writing'.
Ex: Collection of Fritz Reiss (L.2178). Daniell catalogue 1914.
[Ref: 7568] £480
This small portrait of the early balloonist Blanchard was in the collection of the aeronaut and photographer Nadar:
Mr Blanchard L'Aréonaute.
Par Mr Belomey et grave par Mlle Evans S. La direc. de M. d'Sallieth.
a Rotterdam chez M. d'Sallieth.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 215 z 130mm. Collector's ink stamp over platemark, some spotting.
Portrait within a border containing a vignette of his balloon.
From the Nadar Collection.
[Ref: 606] £280
All quotations translated from the French found on the excellent online database of Frits Lugt's work on the subject: http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/introduction.cfm?lang=2
A fine portrait with decorative border, from the 'admirable and rich' Cabinet Brentano-Brickenstock, founded by the Viennese J.M. von Birckenstock (1738-1809), friend of the great print scholar Adam Bartsch, and continued through subsequent generations:
Anselmus van Halle pinxit. Petrus de Ioden sculpsit.
Accessit Privilegium Caesareum. Cum privilegio Regum eet Hollandiae Ordinum 1649.
Engraving, with collector's stamp on verso with very large margins. Plate 305 x 196mm (12 x 7¾"). Excellent impression.
Anatasio Ridolfi, a Catholic theologian and secretary of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. He served as Envoy for the Peace of Westphalia.
Lugt 1921: [Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock].
[Ref: 28451] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A portrait of Johannes Froben, who worked with Erasmus and Holbein. This print was in the collection of Friedrich August II of Saxony, whose uncle Albert founded the famous Albertina museum in Vienna:
H. HolBeen. Pinxit. L. Visscher. fecit.
[n.d. c.1664.]
Engraving. Collector's stamp on front lower right and verso lower left. Plate 165 x 133mm. 6½ x 5¼".
Portrait of Johannes Froben, bust to left, wearing fur-trimmed coat; in a circle on a pedestal. Johann Froben (c.1460-1527) was a famous printer and publisher in Basel. He printed the works of Erasmus of Rotterdam and some woodcuts by Holbein.
Ex Collection: Friedrich August II (1797-1854) King of Saxony. Lugt: 971; and G. Ritter von Franck (1807-1860), Vienna. Lugt: 1152.
[Ref: 24661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
This tiny mezzotint comes from the collection of the Arenbergs, described by Lugt as 'amongst the greatest patrons of the arts in Belgium since the 16th century':
[by Jonas Umbach.]
[n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint, 65 x 95mm. Laid down. Arenberg collector's stamp (L.567) verso.
Rare early mezzotint by Jonas Umbach (c.1624-1700).
Ex: Arenberg collection
[Ref: 12025] £580
Previously owned by the Rouen businessman Louis Deglatigny (1854-1936) who after 'retiring into a studious retirement' dedicated himself to research and collecting:
Carel De Moor P. et fecit
[n.d., c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 162 x 127mm (6¼ x 5"). With margins. Rubbed. Two collector's stamps verso, one reading 'Lyn Mildé', the other of Louis Deglatigny (1854-1936)
Mezzotint of a woman writing, by Leiden artist Carel de Moor (1656-1738).
Lugt: 1768a (collector's stamp of L. Deglatigny). V. der Kellen No. 16 II
[Ref: 23396] £230
A portrait of Thomas Howard, himself a distinguished art collector (see our post on Henry Stuart) from the collection of Julian Marshall (1836-1903), whose collection 'was distinguished by a rare uniformity and quality of condition':
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Signed by J Houbraken on verso in ink.
Engraving, scarce, proof before title. Plate 370 x 235mm. 14½ x 9¼". First state. Slight stain through middle.
Thomas Howard (1585-1646) 14th Earl of Arundel was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. From Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great Britain".
Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 23986] £320
This arresting portrait once owned to John Charrington, keeper of prints at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (and author of the standard work on prints after Rembrandt), and subsequently passed through the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, one of the great print collectors of the twentieth century:
[J. Reynolds Pinx.t 1758. R. Houston Fecit.]
[Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross. Price 2.s]
Very rare mezzotint, proof before letters. Collector's stamp outside image area to right. Plate 330 x 228mm. 13 x 9". Repaired tear in background
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-1758) was a British soldier and politician.
Cambridge; Lugt: 572.
[Ref: 24423] £260
Another portrait after Reynolds, which fittingly was owned by Sir Thomas Lawrence, who succeeded Reynolds as the pre-eminent portrait painter of his day (and was also president of the RA):
Sr Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. John Dean Fecit.
Published Jany 1.st 1779 by J. Dean.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof; two collector's stamps. Plate 502 x 355mm. 19¾ x 14".
Whole-length portrait sitting to left on the ground, her right arm resting on a stone, looking down at her son who has his left hand on her chin; trees behind. Elizabeth, Countess of Carnarvon (1752-1826) was wife of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon; seen here with her son Charles Herbert (1774-1808) joined the navy and drowned.
CS: 11, i/ii. Hamilton: p.107. Lugt: 2446; Sir Lawrence (1769-1830), painter, London. Lugt: 1623. Thomas Kirk (1765?-1797), painter and engraver in London.
[Ref: 25580] £480
An excellent mezzotint of a shepherdess once owned by Fritz Reiss, who possessed 'a rich collection of mezzotints, one of the finest of its kind':
Westall. Eng.d J. Grozier [in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint, Grozer's own unfinished proof, with his pencil writing. 380 x 280mm.
The sitter is noted as 'Miss Smith of Westminster'. Pencil annotations in the margin (possibly Reiss's) state 'Grozer's own proof with his writing'.
Ex: Collection of Fritz Reiss (L.2178). Daniell catalogue 1914.
[Ref: 7568] £480
This small portrait of the early balloonist Blanchard was in the collection of the aeronaut and photographer Nadar:
Par Mr Belomey et grave par Mlle Evans S. La direc. de M. d'Sallieth.
a Rotterdam chez M. d'Sallieth.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 215 z 130mm. Collector's ink stamp over platemark, some spotting.
Portrait within a border containing a vignette of his balloon.
From the Nadar Collection.
[Ref: 606] £280
All quotations translated from the French found on the excellent online database of Frits Lugt's work on the subject: http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/introduction.cfm?lang=2
