Barbus, Ray's bream, Perch and Fundulus [PISCIVM VIVAE ICONES, set] de Collaert, Adriaen (c.1560-1618)

Portrait of Barent van Orley with a cap holding a glove in his hand.Copy after Collaert's portrait in 1572 Cock's edition of 'Pictorum aliquot Germaniae Inferioris Effigies'.The portrait is in fact in the same direction and bears also the inscription on the bottom:'DE BERNARDO BRUXELLENSI PICTORE' which in this case has been erased with crossed hatchings. Further inscribed:'THEODORO HARLEMIO PICTORI' signed on the bottom right:'E de Boulonois fecit'.Portrait included on page 381 of Bullart's: 'Académie des sciences et des arts, contenant les vies et les éloges historiques des hommes illustres qui ont excellé en ces professions depuis environ quatre siècles parmy diverses nations de l'Europe, avec leurs portraits tiréz sur les originaux au naturel et plusieurs inscriptions funèbres, exactement reueillies de leurs tombeaux par Isaac Bullart ....', second volume, published in 1682 in Amsterdam. Engraving with text in letterpress on paper; platemark: 181 x 133 mm, total: 201 x 141. PP01O (Orley)

Falcon and Robin Readbrest or Redstart against a river landscape with mountains; signed on the bottom:'Adrian Collaert excud' and numbered on the bottom left '4'. Birds'names are also reported:'Falco' and 'Passer / troglodites'. On the verso collector's marks:Pim van Eekelen. From collection G.v. Tienhoven, Aerdenhoutl Engraving on paper; trimmed to platemark; total: 132 x 188 mm; state I/3; New Hollstein 1407 OMP (Old Masters Prints Black Folders) C (5)

Jay and Finch against a river landscape with mountains; signed on the bottom right:'Adrian Collaert fecit et excud' birds'names are also reported:'Pica glandaria' and 'Auriuttis'. On the verso collector's marks: Pim van Eekelen. l Engraving on paper; trimmed to platemark; total: 130 x 185 mm; state I/2; some dirt and damages especially along the margins; New Hollstein 1435 OMP (Old Masters Prints Black Folders) C (5)

Toucan and another tropical bird named 'Sicophante' against a landscape with mountains; signed on the bottom:'Adrian Collaert excud' and numbered on the right '9'. From the set by Avium Vivae Icones. Engraving on paper; trimmed to platemark; total: 134 x 186 mm; only state; New Hollstein 1412 OMP.

A river scene with a group of men hunting otters with long tridents from several rowing boats and from the bank; an otter swims with a fish in its mouth up the centre of the waterway, while two dogs swim towards it from behind; at left, an otter coming onto shore meets a hunter with a trident; in the background a landscape with rock mountains and several towers; after Hans Bol. Lettered 'Sic anidas [sic, avidas] Lutras venantur Lintre cauata,/Per refluas vncis feriuntq[ue] tridentibus vndas.'; numbered '32'l Engraving on paper with margins; platemark: 75 x 220; total: 88 x 231 mm; New Hollstein [Collaert] 1553

Fishes on shore surrounded by flowers against a river landscape in the background. Signed at bottom right:'Adr. Collaert fec. et exc.' captions above the fishes:'Barbus / Brama / Perca / Fundulus'. Numbered on the bottom left: '24'l Engraving on paper, trimmed to platemark: total: 122 x 185 mm; state II/2; some dirt and stains on the verso; New Hollstein 1460; W. 28; Guilmard p. 479, 12; Funck p. 219, 9 OMP (Old Masters Prints Black Folders) C (5)

Anvers, ca1600.. 19x24 Cm. Eau-forte et burin. Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618), Né à Anvers vers 1560, Adriaen Collaert est le fils de Hans Collaert et le frère de Jan Collaert. Il épouse en 1586 Justa Galle, la fille du graveur et éditeur Philippe Galle. Son activité se déroule à Anvers entre 1580 et 1618. Il devient franc-maître de la guilde de Saint-Luc en 1580. Adriaen Collaert dessine et grave des scènes de tradition chrétienne et de dévotion. Les deux frères Collaert associent leurs ateliers à celui de Philippe Galle et leur production commune ne permet pas toujours de bien les distinguer. Adriaen signe en général ses travaux Adrian. Collaert Sculp. ou Adr. Collart. excud. ou par un monogramme AC.

Antwerp: Theodor & Jan Galle, 1597. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 3/4 x 7 5/16 inches (120 x 185 mm), thread margins. Non archival tape at top right and left corners, verso, attached to mount. Small tear in the bottom-center sheet edge, appx 1/8 inch, scattered repairs, primarily at corners and sheet edges. Scattered staining. All consistent with age. First state (of 2), with the publisher's address of Adriaen Collaert, (before the addition of publishers Theodor and Jan Galle's address), with a Fish and Serpent watermark. [Hollstein 1474].

The Massacre of the Innocents, number 9 from the serie 'The Life, Passion and Resurrection of Christ', fifty one plates. Signature and address at the bottom of margin:'M. de Vos inuentor. Adrian Collaert sculp. et excud.' One line of Latin text above in margin:'Tunc Herodes videns quoniam illusus esset a magis, iratus est valde; et mittens occidit omnes pueros qui erant in Betlemme, et in omnibus finibus eius. Matth. 2. 'Numbered '9' at left in margin. l Engraving on paper, with margins; platemark: 181 x 219 mm, total: 192 x 232 mm; small damage on the top right corner, on margin; state II/3, New Hollstein 182; W. 10 OMP (Old Masters Prints Black Folders) C (5)

Landscape with the Good Samaritan on the left; on the right a river and descending landscape towards a city in the background. Signed on the decorated rame: 'Ioha[nnes]. bol. Inuent. Eduardus ab hoeswinkel excu'l Engraving on paper, trimmed on platemark; total: 144 x 212mm; state I/2; yellowed and with dirty, some stains in the sky; New Hollstein (Bol) 139 OMP (Old Masters Prints Black Folders) C (5)