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VRIENDT, Cornelis Floris de, after (ca 1514-1575). 24 etchings by Jan van DOETECUM THE ELDER (active 1554-ca
VRIENDT, Cornelis Floris de, after (ca 1514-1575). 24 etchings by Jan van DOETECUM THE ELDER (active 1554-ca 1600) and Lucas van DOETECUM (active 1554-d. before 1584). Surface decorations, grotesques with strapwork (with maxims of six wise men of Greece) (Holl. 1-6) the complete set of six etchings, 1554, all with a Hand watermark, second state (of three), with wide margins; with Surface decorations, grotesques with strapwork, including cartouches (Holl. 23-34), the complete set of 12 etchings including the title, 1556, all with Jug with Flower watermark, second, final state, with wide margins; and six plates from: Surface decorations, grotesques with strapwork, including cartouches and funeral monuments (Holl. 36, 37, 39, 41-43), six etchings with engraving, from the set of 16, without watermarks, only state, trimmed to the subject; all by the same hands, fine, uniform impressions of these extremely rare prints, published by Hieronymous Cock, Antwerp, some thinly backed with Japan, a few minor defects, generally in good condition (24) P. 12 x 8 in. (304 x 204 mm.) (and similar) S. 16 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (410 x 276 mm.) (and smaller) Provenance : Dukes of Cadaval, Portugal (not in Lugt) (Holl. 1-6; 23-34) Literature : Henk Nalis, The New Hollstein The Van Doetecum Family , Rotterdam, 1998, part I, p. 5-11; 23-37.