Goltzius the Four Last Things (set title)/ Het Laatste Oordeel ca. 1577

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) after Johannes van Straet (1523-1605)

[4 antique prints, engravings, ca. 1577] The Four Last Things (set title)/ Het Laatste Oordeel , published ca. 1577, H. Goltzius, 4 pp.

Name: [4 antique prints, engravings, ca. 1577] The Four Last Things (set title)/ Het Laatste Oordeel , published ca. 1577, H. Goltzius, 4 pp.
SKU: 59563
Price: 6500.00 EUR
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Complete set of 4 prints: THE FOUR LAST THINGS. Last Judgement.

Complete set of four engravings after Johannes Stradanus. Outstanding conditions. Round plates of 260 mm diameter, preserved borders.

1. THE RASING OF THE DEAD [Matt. 24:31] Christ sits on the cloud amongst Saints while the angels are awakening the dead with their trumpets. The dead arise from the ground. Signed on the bottom ‘Ioha Strada inuent. / Phls Galle Excu’;

2. THE SEPARATION OF THE BLESSED AND THE DAMNED [Matt. 25:32] Christ seated on the clouds amongst Saints, an Angel beneath with raised hands separates the blesseds upon the left and the damned to the right, tormented by monsters. On the bottom ‘Johannes Stradanus inventor. / Phls Galle Excud’;

3. THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED INTO HEAVEN [Matt. 13:43] The blessed are raised towards the sky, where Christ sits amongst his Saints. Signed on the bottom left ‘Ioha Stradanus inuen / Henricus Goltz / Sculp.’;

4. THE DESCENT OF THE DAMNED INTO HELL [Matt. 25:30] The damned are forced into hell, tormented by monsters. Signed bottom left: ‘Iohannus / Stradanus Inue’, bottom center:’Phls Galle Excud.’

€ 7.865,00 (€ 6.500,00 ex. btw)

In stock

SKU: 59563 Categories: Anatomy, Bible, Death, Early printings, Iconography, Nude, Old Master Prints, Religion, Skull

Print technique: Engraving
Product type: Prints

Engraving on paper, wide margins; plates measure 260 mm in diameter.

1. total 273 x 343 mm, in round passepartout (total 570 x 450 mm) with water mark Van Gelder Zonen. Print on laid paper with 2 handwritten numbers in right top and left bottom corner. Restored tear in the right bottom corner outside the illustration and small tear (2 mm) in right bottom. Some smudges outside the illustration, illustration in very good condition, good contrast. Text in oval at the edge of the pri

2. total 270 x 343 mm, in round passepartout (total 570 x 450 mm). Print on laid paper with 2 handwritten numbers in right top and left bottom corner. Illustration in very good condition, good contrast. Text in a circle around the print.

3. total 273 x 343 mm, in round passepartout (total 570 x 450 mm). Print on laid paper with 2 handwritten numbers on right top and left bottom corner. In the right top a small restored tear and a visible small weaker part. Illustration in very good condition, good contrast. Text in a circle around the print.

4. total 271 x 343 mm, in round passepartout (total 570 x 450 mm) with water mark Van Gelder Zonen. Print on laid paper with 2 handwritten numbers in the right top and left bottom corner. Right top with restored weak part. Small tear (1 mm) on the middle bottom, further in good condition. Visible fold in the middle. Illustration in very good condition, good contrast. Text in a circle around the print.

All first states. New Hollstein 342-345.