Antiquariaat Goltzius

Allegorical design

RÄDECKER, JOHN, · 1919

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.94 | ¥20,240)

Two faces, with the heads of two vultures above. Stylised wind and a lotus flower to the right. Woodcut on Japanese paper, sheet size 343 x 289 mm., image c. 170 x 245 mm. Made by John Rädecker and published in the Houtsnedenummer (Woodcut issue) of the famous periodical Wendi...

Allegory 'Het leven is een Wonderboeck'

DUYVIS, DEBORA, · 1940

€69.00 ($76.05 | £57.56 | ¥12,144)

(Life is a Book of Wonder) Allegorical engraving featuring many scenes from life from birth to marriage to death, as well as religious imagery. This print was published by the Nederlandsche Exlibriskring. Engraving on wove paper, sheet size 381 x 280 mm., platemark 252 x 195 m...

Allegory of overseas commerce

BENDORP, JOHANNES CHRISTIAAN, · 1790

€166.75 ($183.79 | £139.11 | ¥29,349)

Centrally, a seated female figure with an open book and a torch, a rooster at her feet. To the right are two seated putti, one with the helmet and caduceus of Hermes. To the left is a globe, and behind that three men with ledger books. Sailing ships loading and unloading in a ...

Two reliefs on the tympana of the Royal Palace of Amsterdam

QUELLINUS, HUBERT (1619-1687), · 1664

€1,667.50 ($1,837.89 | £1,391.14 | ¥293,487)

Two large triangular prints with reproductions of the architectural details of the Palace on the Dam Square in Amsterdam (in Dutch, known as the Stadhuis van Amsterdam, or the Royal Palace of Amsterdam). The first is an allegory of Amsterdam's victory over the sea. It shows th...

Putti with cornucopia: Earth

HOLLAR, WENCESLAUS (1607-1677), · 1647

€517.50 ($570.38 | £431.73 | ¥91,082)

Allegory of the element Earth, with four putti with a cornucopia underneath a tree. In the background several figures are harvesting grain. Etching on hand laid paper, made by Wenceslaus Hollar after Pieter van Avont. Made in Antwerp, dated 1647. Sheet size 204 x 139 mm. Wence...

Title print for the series 'Effigies Imperatorum'

SOMPEL, PIETER VAN, · 1600

€143.75 ($158.44 | £119.93 | ¥25,301)

Elaborately decorated cartouche with sphinxes, scrollwork, and a double eagle behind a crown with crossed sword and baton. A dedication in Latin in the cartouche. Etching and engraving on hand laid paper, sheet size 381 x 469 mm., platemark 363 x 448 mm. Made by Pieter van Som...

Title page for Principes Hollandiae et Westfrisiae

VISSCHER, CORNELIS, · 1650

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.94 | ¥20,240)

Allegorical title page for a book of portraits of the counts of Holland, Zeeland and Westfrieland, with centrally the Dutch virgin with her arm resting on a globe and a lion behind her. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 344 x 450 mm., platemark 324 x 425 mm. Made...

L'Europe

HAID, JOHANN JAKOB, · 1704

€143.75 ($158.44 | £119.93 | ¥25,301)

Allegory of Europe with a well-dressed nobleman holding a mirror for the lady beside him to look into. She holds a fan and some flowers, half of a crown in the background. The number 43 in the lower left corner. Mezzotint on laid paper, by Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767), possib...

Etablissement des Francois a la Cayenne

FIRCH, · 1664

€201.25 ($221.81 | £167.90 | ¥35,421)

Allegorical print of the establishment of the French colonial capital of Cayenne in French Guiana. A bare-chested woman points at a map held by the nobleman at her side. In the background labourers and sailors. Engraving on laid paper, by Firch after Zorel, platemark: 326 x 35...

Personification of Venice

LEFEBRE, VALENTIN, · 1682

€143.75 ($158.44 | £119.93 | ¥25,301)

Oval etching on laid paper, by Valentin Lefebre after Battista Zelotti (formerly attributed to Paolo Veronese), published by Jacobus van Campen, from the 53-plate series 'Opera selectoria quae Titianus Vecellius [...] et Paulus Calliari Veronensis' from 1682 with beautiful rep...

Amenissimae aliquot regiunculae... [Set frontispiece]/Frontispice van boek met 26 landschapsetsen.

Velde, Jan van de II (c.1593-1641) · 1616

€345.00 ($380.25 | £287.82 | ¥60,721)

Frontispiece to a set of 26 etchings with various landscapes. Plates were reworked over time. An old city gate at the center with two figures walking towards the opening; 'the city walls have crumbled to the point that the portal seems superfluous, merely signifying a liminal ...

Touch [set: the five senses].

Vliet, Johannes van (fl. 1628-1637) · 0

€690.00 ($760.51 | £575.64 | ¥121,443)

A man being operated at a leg by a surgeon (chirurg); a dog and a woman overlooking the scene. Signed on the bottom 'JG Vliet sc', JG monogrammed. l Etching on laid paper, trimmed to plate mark, total: 242 x 198 mm; state II/3, Hollstein 30, Bartsch 30; in very good condition...

De Winter.

Jelgerhuis, Johannes (1770-1836) · 1765

€57.50 ($63.38 | £47.97 | ¥10,120)

Allegory of winter: interior with three peasants holding ovals with representations of the zodiacal signs characterizing the season depicted. Aries, Pisces and Aquarius are in fact the three signs. Lettered, signed and dated below: 'R.J.f. / DE WINTER. / A. 1765'. Frontispiece...

The enchanted suitor [from set: GEBRAND ADRIAENSZ BREDERO: Alle de Spelen, 1622].

Velde, Jan van de II (c.1593-1641) · 1622

€57.50 ($63.38 | £47.97 | ¥10,120)

The enchanted suitor: the suitor standing in front of his girl, who is trying to take him in bed with her. From set: GEBRAND ADRIAENSZ BREDERO: Alle de Spelen, 1622. l Etching on paper, trimmed within plate, mounted on cardboard; total: 121 x 81 mm; Hollstein 433.

Unequal Lovers: the old woman and the young man [from set: GEBRAND ADRIAENSZ BREDERO: Alle de Spelen, 1622]

Velde, Jan van de II (c.1593-1641) · 1622

€57.50 ($63.38 | £47.97 | ¥10,120)

Unequal Lovers: the old woman talking to a youger couple, addressing to the man; from set: GEBRAND ADRIAENSZ BREDERO: Alle de Spelen, 1622. l Etching on paper, trimmed within plate, mounted on cardboard; total: 121 x 83 mm; solied paper; Hollstein 430

Satyrs making music (satyrs maken muziek).

Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815) after Cignani, Carlo (1628-1719) · 0

€172.50 ($190.13 | £143.91 | ¥30,361)

A satyr on the left playing on a wind instrument, a child and a young satyr playing a tambourine and a panpipe respectively. Another figure standing on the left with a hand resting on a vase. Signed at the bottom: 'Carlo Cignani inv' and address on the right: 'F. Bartolozzi s...

Tooneel der beroemder hertogen princen graven ende krygs-helden van christenrijk, Delft 1617 [Frontispiece]

Delft, Willem Jacobsz (1580-1638) · 1617

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.94 | ¥20,240)

On a cartouche in the shape of the skin of a lion is impressed the title; on each side nine shields with family crests are hanging. Above an angel plays on a double trumpet, whereas on the bottom left is Time and on the right History. Frontispiece for: 'Tooneel der beroemder h...

Geschidenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden door M.r Jean le Clerc (vol. III) [Frontispiece]

Bloteling, Abraham (1640-1690) after Schellinks, Willem (1627-1678) · 1650

€57.50 ($63.38 | £47.97 | ¥10,120)

The personification of history, with opened wings and a pyramid on the head, writing on a large book. With the left hand she is holding the mirror of truth. Two small putti on each side of the altar she is sitting at; some items on the pedestal on which the figures are, like s...

'Berymde tafereelen door P: Vlaming'[p. 98] and 'BRIEVEN Door J.B. WELLEKENS ' [p. 118]

Goeree, Jan (1670-1731) · 1870

€46.00 ($50.70 | £38.38 | ¥8,096)

Two illustrations drawn from: 'Dichtlievende uitspanningen. Bestaande in herders- hoef- en veldgezangen, tafereelen, brieven enz.' by J. B. Wellekens vand P. Vlaming. The volume is richly illustrated with fine engravings by Jan Goeree with allegorical figures. The two plates a...

ZYDEBALEN HOFDICHT

Punt, Jan (1711-1779) · 1687

€74.75 ($82.39 | £62.36 | ¥13,156)

Poetry descending from a cloud into a garden, in conversation with the personifications of Hospitality, Friendship and Civility. In the foreground three putti symbolizing Trade (with caduceus), Mechanical Engineering (with square) and Industry (with wheel). In the sky two flyi...