HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

Crispin de Passe (1565-1637), The Four Elements, the set of four engravings after drawings by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603),  c. 1600. References: Francken 1130-1133; Hollstein 524-7. Three impressions with an Eagle watermark, one with a Cross of Lorraine. In generally good condition (Aqua with margins, with slight discoloration, traces of a vertical fold; Terra trimmed just inside the platemark, a small repaired slit lower right; Aer with thread margins; Ignis with narrow margins, a central stain, small printer’s crease, tip of lower left corner made up. Approximately 8 x 8 1/4 inches. Provenance: Claude-Augustin Mariette, 1687 (Lugt 1786, inscribed on [...]

Crispin de Passe (1564-1637), engraver,  Plate 5 from the Story of Jonah (The King and People of Nineveh Repenting), engraving, c. 1586, after the drawing by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603). Reference: Hollstein 152. Published by Philipp Galle. With the inscription around the margins, in the plate. Very good condition, trimmed just outside of the borderline all around, conservation matted, 3 1/2 inches diameter. A fine clear impression of this rare plate. Early in his career Crispin de Passe worked for the publisher Philipp Galle, who had him make engravings of the story of Jonah, based on drawings made specifically for the prints [...]

Crispin de Passe (1564-1637), engraver,  Plate 4 from the Story of Jonah (Jonah Prophesying at Nineveh), engraving, c. 1586, after the drawing by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603). Reference: Hollstein 151. Published by Philipp Galle. With the inscription around the margins, in the plate. Very good condition, trimmed just outside of the borderline all around, conservation matted, 3 1/2 inches diameter. A fine clear impression of this rare plate. Early in his career Crispin de Passe worked for the publisher Philipp Galle, who had him make engravings of the story of Jonah, based on drawings made specifically for the prints by the well-known [...]

Crispin de Passe (1564-1637), engraver,  Plate 6 from the Story of Jonah (Jonah Under the Gourd), engraving, c. 1586, after the drawing by Maarten de Vos. Reference: Hollstein 153, second state (of 2). Published by Philipp Galle. With the inscription around the margins, in the plate, after the removal of the names de Vos and Galle. Very good condition, trimmed just outside of the borderline all around, conservation matted, 3 1/2 inches diameter. A fine clear impression of this rare plate. Early in his career Crispin de Passe worked for the publisher Philipp Galle, who had him make engravings of the story of [...]

Crispin de Passe (1564-1637), engraver, Plate 1 from the Story of Jonah, engraving, c. 1586, after the drawing by Maarten de Vos. Reference: Hollstein 148, second state (of 2). Published by Philipp Galle. With the inscription around the margins, in the plate, after the removal of the names de Vos and Galle. Very good condition, conservation matted, 3 1/2 inches diameter. A fine clear impression of this rare plate. Early in his career Crispin de Passe worked for the publisher Philipp Galle, who had him make engravings of the story of Jonah, based on drawings made specifically for the prints by the well-known [...]