Market Scene with erotic Overtones

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JAN SAENREDAM (1565-1607) AFTER HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)
Market Scene with erotic Overtones
engraving
circa 1600, published in 1615
on laid paper, watermark Coat of Arms of Burgundy Austria (similar to Laurentius 151-164a)
a very fine impression of the first state (of two), printing very strongly and richly
trimmed on the platemark, with a narrow margin below, generally in very good condition;
together with La Boutique du Pâtissier, Plate 7 from: Les Métiers, by Abraham Bosse (1602-1678)
etching and engraving
circa 1632-33
on laid paper, watermark small Fleur-de-lys with Bunch of Grapes and Letters (similar to Heawood 2329)
a very fine impression
trimmed to or inside the platemark, with a fillet of blank paper all around
the tip of the lower right corner made up, a few small rust marks, generally in good condition;
and The Personification of the Lustful Man, from Philosophia Practica, a book of emblems, published by Jakob von Zetter, Frankfurt, 1624
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression, printing with guidelines on the text
trimmed inside the platemark
a small stain, generally in very good condition
Sheet 197 x 235 mm. (Saenredam)
Sheet 263 x 337 mm. (Bosse)
Sheet 87 x 106 mm. (Zetter)(3)

来源

Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716), Paris (Lugt 1789), dated 1664.
Probably Graf Moriz von Fries (1777-1826), Vienna (see Lugt 2903; without his mark), with the signature of his curator, Franz Rechberger (1771-1843), Vienna (Lugt 2133), dated 1800; probably von Fries' sale, Vries, Brondgeest, Engelberts & Roos, Amsterdam, 21 June 1824 and following days. (Saenredam)
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.

Literature

Hollstein 122; New Hollstein (Prints after Goltzius) 724 (Saenredam);
Blum 1047; Lothe 249; Preaud 77 (Bosse);

Further details

of the personification there is a version by Galle's workshop (a series of 4 broadsides)

Conditions of sale

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拍品专文

This little group of prints (and the following two lots) speaks of Chris Mendez's love of food and the pleasure he took in hosting his family, friends and colleagues to delicious, home-cooked meals, while the erotic allusions of the market scene by Saenredam betrays his bawdy, yet dry sense of humour.

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