All prints: COLLAERT Adriaen (c. 1560 - 1618)

Adriaen COLLAERT (c. 1560 - 1618): Designs for circular plates with sea-gods

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Price: 8000 €

Engraving, each approx. 168 x 168 mm. New Hollstein (The Collaert Dynasty) 1682 to 1685. Guilmard p. 479.12

Very rare complete series of four plates depicting Arion riding on his dolphin, Thetis on a shell, Neptune in a shell drawn by horses, Galatea on a shell.

Very fine impressions printed on watermarked laid paper (hand surmounted by a horn and a star). Wide margins (sheets: approx. 190 x 250 mm each). Excellent overall condition.

The figures in this series are compared by Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesberg (New Hollstein) with Philippe Galle's series of divinities and nymphs of the seas and rivers (cf. NHD Philips Galle 412-47).