Stradanus, Joannes
Equile, seu speculum equorum, in quo omnis generis generosissimorum equorum ex variis orbis partibus insignis delectus. Antwerp: Johannes Galle, ca 1580.
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 701
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 701
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
Estimate: 6.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Description
STRADANUS, Joannes (1523-1605). Equile, seu speculum equorum, in quo omnis generis generosissimorum equorum ex variis orbis partibus insignis delectus. Antwerp: Johannes Galle, ca 1580.
Oblong 4 o (355 x 488 mm). Engraved title and 40 engraved plates by Adriaen Collaert, Hieronymus Wierix, and Hendrik Goltzius and others, numbered 2-41. (Title with marginal repaired tear and small abrasion affecting one line of text, plate 23 with large marginal repaired tear.) 18th-century green parchment. Provenance: G.A. Brentano (bookplate); acquired from Davis and Orioli, 1964.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the addition of plate numbers, and with the rare plate 41. Stradanus's series depicts the horses of Don Juan of Austria, Governor-General of the Netherlands from 1576 to 1578. His designs were executed between 1578 to 1580 by several prominent engravers including Adriaen Collaert, Hieronymus Wierix, and Hendrik Goltzius. Don Juan of Austria was the illegitimate son of Charles V and a half-brother to Philip II (1555-1598), King of Spain and the Netherlands. He lead Spanish troops to their decisive victory against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and became Governor-General of the Netherlands in 1576. He died of the plague in 1578. It was in the Netherlands that Stadanus drew Don Juan's collection of horses from the different regions of Europe. Messenier, p. 537.
Oblong 4 o (355 x 488 mm). Engraved title and 40 engraved plates by Adriaen Collaert, Hieronymus Wierix, and Hendrik Goltzius and others, numbered 2-41. (Title with marginal repaired tear and small abrasion affecting one line of text, plate 23 with large marginal repaired tear.) 18th-century green parchment. Provenance: G.A. Brentano (bookplate); acquired from Davis and Orioli, 1964.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the addition of plate numbers, and with the rare plate 41. Stradanus's series depicts the horses of Don Juan of Austria, Governor-General of the Netherlands from 1576 to 1578. His designs were executed between 1578 to 1580 by several prominent engravers including Adriaen Collaert, Hieronymus Wierix, and Hendrik Goltzius. Don Juan of Austria was the illegitimate son of Charles V and a half-brother to Philip II (1555-1598), King of Spain and the Netherlands. He lead Spanish troops to their decisive victory against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and became Governor-General of the Netherlands in 1576. He died of the plague in 1578. It was in the Netherlands that Stadanus drew Don Juan's collection of horses from the different regions of Europe. Messenier, p. 537.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Equile, seu speculum equorum, in quo omnis generis generosissimorum equorum ex variis orbis partibus insignis delectus. Antwerp: Johannes Galle, ca 1580. by Jan van der Straet was worth USD 30,000.00 (€ 23,059.19) to a buyer in June 2013. This price was achieved in the auction The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 9,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jan van der Straet achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work "Caccia All'Elefante"; An Extensive Landscape With An Elephant Hunt in December 2012 with an auction result of GBP 241,250.00 (€ 297,528.25).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Equile, seu speculum equorum, in quo omnis generis generosissimorum equorum ex variis orbis partibus insignis delectus. Antwerp: Johannes Galle, ca 1580. von Jan van der Straet war einem Käufer im Juni 2013 USD 30.000,00 (€ 23.059,19) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 9.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jan van der Straet erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit "Caccia All'Elefante"; An Extensive Landscape With An Elephant Hunt im Dezember 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 241.250,00 (€ 297.528,25).
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