The Color Evolution
colored prints through six centuries
colored prints through six centuries
- Anonymous, God Appearing to Moses
- Wolgemut , Christ Heals a Man
- da Trento, The Philosopher
- Goltzius, St. John
- Gaultier, Les Vespres
- Denon, The Abbot Zani
- Janinet, Marie Antoinette
- Janinet, La Prière Interrompue
- Janinet, Venus en Reflexion
- Janinet, Venus Desarment l’Amour
- Janinet, Le Sommeil d’Ariane
- Pollard & Jukes, Vaux-Hall
- Caldwell, The Blue Passion Flower
- Stadler, The White Lily
- Sutherland, American Bog Plants
- Debucourt, La Course, No. 3
- Debucourt, Le Joueur de Cornemuse
- Raffaëlli, L'Actrice en Scène
- Mariani, Woman on a Forest Pathway
- Maurin, Nu de Dos au Miroir
- Aman-Jean, Jeune Fille à La Chevelure
- Auriol, Concours de Dessin du Journal
- Toulouse-Lautrec, Carnot Malade!
- Rivière, La Vague
- Vallotton, Crimes et Châtiments
- Bonnard, Place Clichy
- Ibels, Le Grappin & L'Affranchie
- Roussel, Paysage avec Maison
- Roussel, Amours Jouant
- Müller, Interno (Young Girl with Cat)
- Orlik, View of Mecheln
- DuGardier, Sur la Plage
- Devambez, Poster for Cendrillon
- Robbe, Sardinières au Port
- Beltrand, Le Laboureur
- Delcourt, La Modiste
- Webster , Campo Santa Margarita
- Oppenheimer, The Quartet
- Urushibara , Fruit in a Bowl
- Drewes, Rotterdam
Saint John the Baptist
Chiaroscuro woodcut, ca. 1588, 229 x 132 mm., Bartsch 226, Hirschmann 362, Strauss 402 ii or iii/iii, Bialler 55 iia or iii/iii (as att. to Goltzius). Provenance: Mariette (different signature from those in Lugt).
Fine, fresh impression printed in subtle tones of olive-green and tan with a strong impress into the laid paper. The impression is before the 2nd wormhole to the left of the biceps, which would make it Bialler's state iia or iii with the address cut off (state iib, confusingly, is subsequent to iii; state i is of the tone block only). This impression has been trimmed a total of 10 mm in height (mostly at the bottom) and 8 mm in width and a false borderline expertly added. There are small repairs at two corners. While one obviously would prefer an uncut and unrepaired print, the extraordinary quality of the impression makes the sheet well worth preserving, and the balance of the composition does not suffer greatly from the trimming. The image shows John as a young shepherd, a honeycomb and a grasshopper on the ledge in front of his right arm. A very beautiful print.