Beschreibung:

Busïnck (Ludolph, circa 1590-1669). Saint Simon, from the series Christ and the Apostles, 1623-29, chiaroscuro woodcut after Georges Lallemand (circa 1575–1636), printed from four blocks, black, olive-green, and yellow ochre, a very good, rich impression on laid paper, together with Da Trento (Antonio, circa 1508-circa 1560). The Holy Family with two saints (after Parmigianino), chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black and olive-green, a very good, rich impression on laid paper, plus Zanetti (Antonio Maria, 1680-1757). The Shepherd (after Parmigianino), 1722, chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in pink, dark blue and light blue, a very good impression on laid paper, on a paper support with painted decorative border, and five etchings with woodblock printing from the Recueil Crozat, 1729-1764: four by the Comte de Caylus and Nicolas Le Sueur after Polidoro da Caravaggio (La Messe), Baldassare Peruzzi (A Shepherd leading a Lion), Pietro de Pietri (La Sainte Vierge accompagnée de plusieurs saints), Federico Zuccari (L’Empereur Henry IV aux pieds du Pape Gregoire VII), all very good, rich impressions on laid paper, and one by Charles Nicolas Cochin after Raphael (Hercule Gaulois, ou L'Eloquence), all etchings with tone block on laid paper, largest sheet size 45 x 22.8 cm (17 3/4 x 8 7/8 ins), smallest sheet size 17.2 x 11.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 ins) Provenance: Busïnck: Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854), Dresden, his stamp recto (Lugt 971); probably his posthumous sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 7-9 May 1928, presumably lot 1551 (with other prints); Caylus and Le Sueur after Polidoro da Caravaggio: Royal Arms of England stamp, verso. Literature: Hollstein 16 (Busïnck after Lallemand); Le Blanc 144, Bartsch 22 (Zanetti after Parmigianino); Le Blanc 305, Bartsch 24 (Anonymous after Parmigianino).