The Three Oaks
Amsterdam: Franz van Wyngaerde, 1649. Etching on buff cream laid paper, 5 1/8 x 6 inches (130 x 153 mm), the full sheet, trimmed at the platemark. Second state (of 2), after the addition of the publisher's initials in the lower left. With the Alexander Beugo collector's stamp in black ink in the lower left, verso (Lugt 81). In good condition with a dog-eared lower left corner with some associated minor disruption of the inking. There is also a minor area of skinning in the area of the signature. Likely printed 18th century.
[Hollstein 6: ii/ii].
A note on the provenance:
Alexander Beugo was prints and drawings dealer, and print publisher based in London in the early 19th century.
Beugo's portrait was engraved by James Mitan after a drawing by Joseph Flight, London 1814. The inscription on this print mentions that he had a collection of portraits, topographical, historical, and ornamental prints, etchings, fine examples of line engraving, etc., all at reasonable prices. Another portrait, by an unidentified engraver, depicts him standing with prints under his arm. On his business card, he proudly advertised a vast and well-organized collection of prints by the most renowned masters, and in the corners, wreathed with leaves, were the names of the most important representatives of the Northern schools (A. Dürer, S. Bolswert, C. Visscher), Italy (M. Antonio, Volpato, Morghen), England (Faithhorne, Strange, Woollett, Sharpe, Landseer), and France (G. Audran, Gd. Edelinck, Desnoyers). After he ceased operations, his business was auctioned off in two sales in 1827, the first of which was recorded by Lugt in 1921 (Lugt Rep. 11364); the second involved what remained of his stock of prints.
— Fritz Lugt.
Item number: 1683
Price: $1,200.00
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