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Old Master Print

305 - Abraham Bloemaert, Jacob Matham - Abraham Casting Out Hagar - First state

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€600

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€650 - 1,200

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28%

Abraham Bloemaert, Jacob Matham - Abraham Casting Out Hagar - First state Description: Jacob Matham (1571-1631), after Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) - Abraham Casting Out Hagar, 1603. Monumental engraving showing Abraham sending Hagar and Ishmael away (Genesis 21:14), set before a wonderfully detailed and picturesque dilapidated farmhouse, with rustic implements, broken carts and luxuriant vegetation. Engraved by Jacob Matham after the design by Abraham Bloemaert and published by Matham himself in Haarlem in 1603. Signed and dated in the plate at lower right: “Cum privil. Sa. Cae. M. / Abrahamus Bloemaert Inven. I. Maetham Sculp. / et excudit Ao. 1603”. A superb example of Bloemaert’s highly influential rustic manner, translated with great refinement into engraving by Matham, the stepson and pupil of Hendrick Goltzius. First state of four, before the later publisher’s address. New Hollstein (Jacob Matham) 2.I (of IV); Bartsch 63; Roethlisberger 69. A large and important engraving of the Haarlem Mannerist school. Dimensions: 47,00 x 36,00 cm Condition: Brilliant impression on laid paper from the period, with the full plate border, with small margins, without visible watermark. A flattened middle fold, verso clean. Overall in excellent condition. Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (2.I) (Jacob Matham)(2.I/IV) ----- Roethlisberger 1993 / Abraham Bloemaert and his sons: Paintings and prints (69) ----- Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (2.I/IV) ----- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.147.63) Medium: Engraving Date: 1603

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OLD MASTER PRINTS - Winter Auction 2026
Thursday, December 3
06:00 PM
St crispijnstraat 23
8870 Izegem, Belgium

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