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Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798) Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages... the book, published by C. Josi, London; Artaria and Fontaine, Mannheim; and Van Cleef, The Hague and Amsterdam, 1821, with the certification dated 1 January 1827, the texts describing the works of the artists included, with introduction and etched frontispiece portraying Ploos van Amstel, with conclusion and lists of artists and prints, and including 84 (of 104 listed) etchings in the manière de crayon , partly printed in colours, and with Ploos van Amstel's coat of arms (Laurentius, Niemeijer and Ploos van Amstel 55 or a copy) on the reverse, some with folds or minor tears, most laid down on thick laid paper interleaves, 84 prints included in the following order (all final states if any, where no reference numbers for L.N.P. are given these are not recorded): A violinplayer in a village, after A. van Ostade (L.N.P. 17); Farmers by a fireplace, after A. van Ostade (L.N.P. 59); The pig killers, after J. Saenredam (L.N.P. 41); Church interior, after H. van Vliet; River landscape with a mill, after A. van Borssum; The Winter king on the ice, after H. Avercamp (L.N.P. 8); Fruit still life, after J. van Huysum (L.N.P. 67); Boy leaning over a hatch, after S. van Hoogstraten (?) (L.N.P. 6); Woman leaning over a hatch seen from behind, after Rembrandt (?) (L.N.P. 5); Boy with a hat in an alcove, after S. van Hoogstraten (?); Two men at a table in a candle-lit interior, after Rembrandt (?); A youth with hat in an alcove, after S. van Hoogstraten (?); Two men at a table in a candle-lit interior, after Rembrandt (?); The interior of a house looking out, after an anonymous prototype; Roman ruins, after J. Lievens; A seated youth reading, after G. van den Eeckhout; A pensive youth in a hat standing, after G. van den Eeckhout; Botanists at a table, after G. van den Eeckhout (L.N.P. 43); Interior with a man cutting a candle, after J. Luyken (L.N.P. 45); Draughtsman seated by a farm, after G. van den Eeckhout (L.N.P. 58); Figures by a tree in a village, after L. Doomer (L.N.P. 47); The Judgement of Salomon, after L. van Leyden (L.N.P. 34); The pancake woman, after G. Metsu (L.N.P. 14); Woman and her maid in a room, after F. van Mieris; A card player by a table, after F. van Mieris (L.N.P. 26); Seated dog, after F. van Mieris (L.N.P. 28); Dog lying, after F. van Mieris (L.N.P. 27), first version; A gentleman seated, after C. Visscher (L.N.P. 19); Elegant couple and servant in an interior, after G. Terborch (L.N.P.), second (?) version; The Madonna and Child, after A. Bloemaert (L.N.P. 16); Portrait of Salomon de Bray after J. de Bray (L.N.P. 9); Man with a beret, after G. Flinck (L.N.P. 23); Man with a candle, after G. Schalcken; A woman reading, after J. de Bray (L.N.P. 63); Orphanage governors, after J. de Bray (L.N.P. 37); Woman playing a lute, after C. Netscher (L.N.P. 31), Woman with a candle, after C. Netscher (L.N.P. 57); Man with a jug in a tavern, after A. Brouwer (L.N.P. 25); Woman with children in an interior, after C. Bega (L.N.P. 42); A crier in a village, after C. Dusart (L.N.P. 29); The music lesson, after J. Steen; The receiver, after J. Steen (L.N.P. 38); A Couple playing the lute, after K. van Mander (L.N.P. 22); Herdsmen by lake below a castle, after J. van der Meer the Younger (L.N.P. 40); A man and horse and a washer woman, after P. Wouwerman (L.N.P. 20); Sheep by a stable, after K. du Jardin (L.N.P. 44); Three pigs, after P. Potter; A cow, after P. van Bloemen; A donkey with baskets, after P. van Bloemen; A ship being loaded with wood, after H. Saftleven (L.N.P. 3); A small wharf, after H. Saftleven (L.N.P. 2); A herdsman and his wife with cattle by a river, after A. van de Velde (L.N.P. 4); Mercury and Argus, after A. van de Velde (by C. Brouwer); A herd