Harris Schrank Fine Prints

HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617) Apollo engraving, 1588, on laid paper, without watermark, trimmed to or on the borderline, some pale foxing and staining, some minor defects, otherwise in good condition. Literature: Bartsch 141; Hollstein 131; Strauss 263; New Hollstein 151, Sheet 346 x 258 mm. A very fine, rich impression of the first state (of two). PROVENANCE: Frstlich Hohenzollern’sche Museum, Sigmaringen (Lugt 2759). Goltzius was at the height of his fame as an engraver and publisher in 1588, the year of the Apollo engraving. The inscription here encircles Apollo’s head like a halo. Such a bravura play on the conventions of […]

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), engraving, 1593 [with extensive inscription in the plate]. Reference: Bartsch 161, Hollstein 177, second state (of two). In very good condition (old hinges verso, horizontal centerfold visible verso), trimmed outside of the borderline, 10 7/16 x 7 5/16 inches, archival mounting. A very good, balanced impression, with exquisite detailing. This portrait of Bol was taken in the last year of his life, when he was 58. According to the inscription it is dedicated to Bol’s stepson Frans Bol. The skull with the upside-down torches indicatesthat this engraving was made by Goltzius after Bol died, and thus is […]