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Heemskerck series - Wretchedness of Wealth

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HEEMSKERCK- THE WRETCHEDNESS OF WEALTH - 1563

A complete series of six plates by Philipps Galle after Heemskerck  (New Hollstein 476-481 III / IV).
The verses by Hadrianus Junius.(Adriaan de Jonghe). With the publishers address of Theodor Galle of the third state ( preceding that of Joan Galle in the fourht state )

  1. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:23-24); a man holding a bunch of money bags attempts to walk between a narrow doorway; a camel surrounded by three figures faces a needle dangled before it from a diembodied hand from above
  2. Honest and dishonest ways of becoming rich.a procession of allegorical figures led by blindfolded "Fortuna"; she is followed by "Labor", "Diligentia", "Parsimonia", "Fraus", wearing two masks, "Mendaciu[m]", a. shadow, and "Vis" in armour and holding a sword
  3. Noterious examples of wealth from antiquity. a procession of figures led by "Pithyus", holding a branch and followed by "Lucullus", "Crassus", "Sylla", with two decapitated heads adorning his sword and another on a spear, "Croesus" and "Midas"
  4. Danger and Vices accompanying wealth.A queen "Regina Pecunia" sits in a chariot drawn by "Periculum" (Peril) and "Pavor" (Fear); behind are further labelled figures including "Latrocinium", stabbing a heart, "Stultitia" (Foolishness), a jester, "Invidia" (Envy), "Pandemia" and "Furtum", a thief;
  5. The deceptive effects of wealth; two figures stand together labelled "Honor", holding a flaming vessel, and "Splendor", carrying a papal bull, and at right Fame blows a trumpet from which tongues emerge; four figures labelled "Parasiti" stand around a table laden with food and drink
  6. Money is of no avail in the dying hour; Death ushers a King and another male figure towards Charon's boat

A wonderful humanistic set on wide margined laid paper with watermark.

 

 

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SKU BU13-18
Picture Size 17,20 x 23,20 cm
Specification Print
technic Engraving
Artist Phillips Galle
period 16th Century
School Dutch
subject Mythology
rating *****

PHILIPS GALLE (1537 - 1612)

Galle PhillipsBorn in Haarlem, died in Antwerp. Flemish engraver, print dealer, publisher, writer and historian.

He was one of the most important and influential printmakers during the second half of the sixteenth century, with a list of over 2,500 prints published between 1563 and 1606. His massive output encompassed portraits, religious and allegorical subjects.

Trained by the Haaarlem humanist Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Ph. Galle began his career working in the studio of the engraver/publisher Hieronymus Cock who published Galle’s first prints in 1557 and for whom he worked for many years. During that time, he established a leading reputation for a series of works after Heemskerck.

In 1563, he began his own print publishing business in Haarlem, moving the business to larger premises in Antwerp in 1570, where he modelled his studio on those of Cock and of Christoph Plantin.

Besides engraving his own compositions, Ph. Galle worked with print designers such as Anthonie Blocklandt, Hans Bol, Marten De Vos and Johannes Stradanus. He employed many engravers to assist him, notably The Wierix Brothers, Adriaen and Johannes Collaert, Crispijn De Passe, Johannes Sadeler and Gerard Van Groeningen. Later, he employed his sons Theodoor (who effectively ran the family business from 1600) and Cornelis.

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MAARTEN VAN HEEMSKERCK ( 1498 - 1574)

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Painter and print designer; worked in Haarlem and Italy. Born in Heemskerck; son of a farmer. Trained in Haarlem under Jan van Scorel; in Italy 1532-6/7; later career in Haarlem, where one of the richest citizens. Prolific designer of compositions for prints, almost all made by others. Artists who engraved after his designs include Dirk Coornhert (c.1547-59), Philips Galle (from 1559), Cornelis Bos, Theodoor de Bry

Maerten van Heemskerck was born in Heemskerck, from where he took his name. According to his biographer Van Mander, the artist trained in Haarlem with Cornelis Willemsz. and continued his studies with Jan Lucasz. in Delft. Following the return of Jan van Scorel from Italy, Heemskerck is documented in that artist’s studio between 1527 and 1530. Van Scorel’s influence was extremely notable at this period.

Heemskerck belonged to the second generation of Dutch artists who travelled to Italy and he is documented in Rome in 1532. During his time there he studied the frescoes of Raphael and Michelangelo and produced numerous drawings of sculptures, views of cities and classical ruins. Michelangelo’s work impressed him profoundly and his influence is evident in the paintings that Heemskerck executed in Holland after his return. On his way back to Haarlem he probably visited Mantua, where he studied the work of Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Tè.

In early 1537 Heemskerck was in Haarlem, working as an artist and occupying various positions in the guild of Saint Luke, of which he was dean in 1553 and 1554. He was married again, this time to a wealthy woman whose fortune brought him economic security and an elevated social position. Apart from a brief stay in Amsterdam, where he took refuge during the Spanish siege of Haarlem, Heemskerck spent the rest of his life there.

A fine portraitist, he also produced history paintings. Many of Heemskerck’s paintings were reproduced in prints and widely disseminated.

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