HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

John Skippe (1742-1811), A Group of Monks and a Woman (after Rubens ?),  chiaroscuro woodcut, c. 1783.  [with the inscription upper right: PP Rubens inv Joan:Skippe scul]. References: Le Blanc III 529, 13. On laid paper with a watermark Sitting Woman with Shield and Pitchfork (cf. Churchill 231, 234). In good condition, trimmed on or into the borderline, not laid down, some nicks on edges; 15 x 9 1/4 inches.

A fine impression, printed in four blocks (light and medium greyish green, light and dark brown).
Provenance: ex Collection Mr. and Mrs. Percy Simmons;  also with the collector’s mark RE in a [...]

John Skippe (1742-1811), A Naked Man Carried on the Shoulders of Two Others, after Guercino (?),  chiaroscuro woodcut, 1781. [upper left: L.C./JS/1781].  In good condition, trimmed just at or within the printed borderline,  affixed to a laid folio sheet, on laid paper, 10 x 5 3/4 inches.
A fine impression, printed in four  blocks (olive green, light green, brown, dark brown).
Naked Man bears a dedication on a separate sheet below the print to James Edwards. Edwards was a bookseller and bibliographer whose family firm sold many valuable libraries, including the library of the famed chiaroscuro printmaker Antonio Maria  Zanetti (1680-1757).
Provenance: ex [...]

John Skippe (1742-1811), St. Sebastian and St. Roch before the Virgin and Child (after Titian), chiaroscuro woodcut, c. 1783. [inscribed Titianus lower center, initials in box lower right in the plate]. In good condition, trimmed just at or within the printed borderline, not affixed to a folio sheet, on laid paper,  6 x 4 1/4 inches.
A fine impression, printed in three blocks (tan, greenish grey, dark brown).
Provenance: ex Collection Mr. and Mrs. Percy Simmons, also with the collector’s mark RE in a circle verso (not located in Lugt).
Exhibited: Beyond Black and White: Chiaroscuro Prints from Indiana Collections, Indiana University Art [...]

John Skippe (1742-1811), The Three Angels Before the Kneeling Abraham (after Titian), chiaroscuro woodcut, c. 1783. References: Nagler XVI 476,2; Le Blanc III 529, 2. [inscribed lower right "Titian in. JS. scl."]. In good condition, trimmed just at or within the printed borderline, mounted to old watermarked laid album paper. 7 7 1/6 x 7 7/16 inches.
A fine impression, printed in four blocks (light brown, brown, grayish green, dark brown).
Provenance: ex Collection Mr. and Mrs. Percy Simmons
Exhibited: Beyond Black and White: Chiaroscuro Prints from Indiana Collections, Indiana University Art Museum (1989); Indianapolis Museum of Art (1990). Number 54 in the [...]

John Skippe (1742-1811), Joseph Sold by His Brothers, chiaroscuro woodcut after Raphael, 1783. [with these inscriptions in the plate lower right: R d'Urbino JS: Scul 1783 indicating that Raphael of Urbino is responsible for the composition and John Skippe for the print].  In good condition, mounted on a sheet of old cream laid paper, trimmed on the borderline; 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches; archival mounting.
A fine fresh impression of this rare chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in four blocks: light and medium olive green, dark grayish green and dark brown.
Provenance: ex Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Percy Simmons
Exhibited: Beyond [...]

John Skippe (1742-1811), Two Standing Warriors (after Andrea Del Sarto), chiaroscuro woodcut, 1783, Reference: Le Blanc 25. [with these inscriptions in the plate upper left: Del Sarto Inv.; JS: Scul: 1783]. Printed in three blocks. The matrix in good condition, trimmed on the borderline and mounted onto a large sheet of old cream laid paper, 10 x 6 3/4 inches, the (backing) sheet  19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches.
Provenance: Christopher Mendez (London Old Master Print Dealer), with his label appended to mat
Exhibited: Beyond Black and White, Chiaroscuro Prints, Indiana University Art Museum, and Indianapolis Museum [...]

John Skippe (1742-1811), Annunciation,  chiaroscuro woodcut, c. 1783.  In good condition, trimmed just at or within the printed borderline,  affixed to a laid folio sheet, on laid paper, 9 1/2 x 8 inches.
A fine impression, printed in three blocks (olive, ochre, yellow).
Dedicated (in Latin, in the block) to John Collins, presumably a friend of the artist.
Provenance: ex Collection Mr. and Mrs. Percy Simmons.
Skippe was a “gentleman antiquarian” who traveled widely, collecting drawings which he later used as the basis for his chiaroscuro woodcuts. His intent was to replicate the Italian manner of Ugo da Carpi, and perhaps even encourage a [...]

John Skippe (1742-1811), [Moses with Tablets, on an Eagle], chiaroscuro woodcut, c. 1783. In good condition, trimmed just at or within the printed borderline, mounted to old watermarked laid album paper, 8 x 6 inches. With an added inscription below in Latin, a dedication to John Symonds, professor of modern history at Cambridge, with Skippe’s printed signature.
A fine impression, printed in four blocks, variations of brown and ochre.
Provenance: ex Collection Mr. and Mrs. Percy Simmons
Skippe was a “gentleman antiquarian” who traveled widely, collecting drawings which he later used as the basis for his chiaroscuro woodcuts. His intent was to replicate [...]