Of course you want to know what I paid for such an incomplete book: here is the original auction result:...
A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to add a long-desired book to my collection: the 1644 edition of Rembert Dodoens' "Cruydt-Boeck," printed...
I love little Susan’s autograph!
I recently made a fascinating discovery while examining my own copy of Cicero’s Epistolae Familiares, printed in Maastricht by Jacobus Lekens...
It is a small world :happy: [ATTACH] All my prints are numbered and signed.
Yes, but I expect my prints are made after earlier postcards(?). I do not know Cees Le Mair personally but as teenager I passed his house daily...
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Thanks for your advice! Maybe my neighbor will sell them on King’s Day. That is a massive flea market here in April. Indeed they are not worth...
Hello, I have acquired a collection of approximately 1,000 prints by an artist named L. van Gent. There are around 30 different designs,...
I’ll pass. Not my taste, so you can have them. :happy:
I agree with your guess.
He looks like an early modern depiction of Saint Nicolas, but you can never be sure. He looks like a picture in one of my books (1595). [ATTACH]
Found it! https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Perseus-en-Andromeda--5538c5615115d082963ce2dba96c63a0?tab=data The Dutch description...
Halfway the 18th century the original was in the collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. He is the man who probably ordered the engraving.
This is the original anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_and_Andromeda_(Titian)
I know in these times, very rich people ordered books of engravings of their art collection. I’ll have a look around if I find a book with your...
Those are medieval merchant’s marks, for illiterate people mostly. I still see them sometimes in older books in my collection. [ATTACH]
This watermark looks similar, but does not match the age (1587). [ATTACH]
I know the Antwerp printers used a lot of French paper (Troyes was an important center for paper making). It is always difficult to identify...
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