Gheeraerts, Marcus Lot n° 528

GHEERAERTS, Marcus Battles between animals. Amsterdam Pieter De Clerck 1617 4 etchings of which 1 contemp. hand-coloured, 9 x 11 cm, laid paper, unsigned, with Dutch text on verso. 3 under passe-partout, 1 loose. Four decorative etchings as book-illustrations for Joost van den Vondel's "Vorstelijcke warande der dieren", publ. 1617. This was translation of Aesop's Fabels. The prints depict (1) the lion and the mouse, (2) the battle between land animals and birds, (3) the story of the Basilisk, and (4) the weasel and the lion as king of the animals. Clear, black impressions with even tone. Ref. Hollstein VII:1-108. - De Vries 73. - Landwehr (Emblems) 252a.