Live Auction 16544Old Master Prints
LUDOLF BACKHUYSEN I (1630-1708)
Lot 153 Property from the Collection of Ulrich and Alfred Ochsenbein

LUDOLF BACKHUYSEN I (1630-1708)

Seascapes with Views of the Ij and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc.

Closed29 January 2019

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USD 6,500

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LUDOLF BACKHUYSEN I (1630-1708)
Seascapes with Views of the Ij and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc.
the complete set of ten etchings, 1701, on cream laid paper, watermarks Arms of Amsterdam and Letters, with the title-page and the mezzotint portrait of the artist made by J. Gole, very good impressions of the third, final state, the full sheets, with time staining and scattered foxing, some handling creases, thread bound
Plate 197 x 260 mm., Sheet 330 x 425 mm., and similar (H. 1-10)
Plate 167 x 237 mm., Sheet 330 x 425 (title page)
Plate 185 x 145 mm., Sheet 330 x 245 (mezzotint)
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Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) and Alfred Ochsenbein (1883-1919), Switzerland; then by descent.

Specialist note

This set of seascapes by Backhuysen is very rare. To our knowledge no other complete set has been offered at auction in the past twenty years.