"Female Representation of Geography in a cart and its containers" Engraving by Cornelis Van Dalen (II) (Amsterdam 1638-1664) following original painting by Govert Flinck (Amsterdam 1615-1660) New Spanish five-leaf screen painted in oil on canvas with wooden frame h. 1670-1720. In the five leaves that it preserves of the six that it would have, the four continents are represented based on the Iconology of Cesare Ripa, articulated through the central figure of the Goddess Cybele in her chariot pulled by the two lions, carrying her usual attributes , crown in the shape of city walls, a symbol of protection and power of the city and the key in the hand that gives access to all the riches of the earth and that the artist has assimilated to the feminine representation of geography. The continents have been represented following Cesare Ripa's Iconology published in Rome in 1593 as a great encyclopedia of emblems and allegories, to help artists represent virtues, vices, feelings and human passions and which became in iconographic reference. From left to right, the first one represented is America as a semi-naked woman with feathers on her head and a bow in her hand. At his feet, according to Van Dalen's original engraving, there would be an armadillo instead of a crocodile, which is the animal associated with America according to Ripa. At his side is a bearded male figure with a fur-trimmed hat and cape whose identity we do not know. Next, the Geography chariot and walking beside it, the representation of Europe carrying royal attributes such as the crown and the scepter and holding the reins of its distinctive animal: the horse. Behind the chariot you can see an elephant that would be the characteristic animal of the following figure, a black woman with a horn of plenty who would personify Africa and finally Asia, represented with a crown of flowers, a bouquet of pepper in one hand and a censer in her hand. another and behind it its distinctive animal: the camel, which in this case is a dromedary typical of Africa since the painters relied on engravings or descriptions of these animals that were made without having seen them in nature. The theme of the Four Continenetes developed from the 17th century through several series of engravings and spread throughout the viceroyalty of New Spain, giving rise to canvases and screens. The most important screen on the theme of the Four Continents is the one owned by the Soumaya Museum in Mexico, attributed to the painter Juan Correa, and another of the same authorship and theme owned by the National Bank of Mexico. The University of Navarra also has a screen with this theme, dated to the end of the 17th century but introducing the novelty of the triumphant version of the continents. The screen has restorations and some additions such as the red bird that flies over the heads of the lions. Van Dalen's engraving appears reproduced in color in "Geographia Blaviana" by Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam 1665 Volume !: Arctic, Norway and Denmark. This work, a jewel of modern cartography, is one of the most important books in the history of this discipline. Its eleven volumes are published first in Latin and later in other languages. Regarding the engraver of the work Van Dalen "The Younger" (Amsterdam 1638-1664) was the son and disciple of an engraver and publisher of prints with the same name and signed several engravings on works by Rubens and Govert Flinck (Cleveris 1615 -Amsterdam 1660) the latter the true author of the theme of the screen, who gained the recognition of political and royal figures of the time by first painting with a style inspired by Rembrandt that leads to Rubenian forms. Measurements: 204 x 325 cm
"Female Representation of Geography in a cart and its containers" Engraving by Cornelis Van Dalen (II) (Amsterdam 1638-1664) following original painting by Govert Flinck (Amsterdam 1615-1660) New Spanish five-leaf screen painted in oil on canvas with wooden frame h. 1670-1720. In the five leaves that it preserves of the six that it would have, the four continents are represented based on the Iconology of Cesare Ripa, articulated through the central figure of the Goddess Cybele in her chariot pulled by the two lions, carrying her usual attributes , crown in the shape of city walls, a symbol of protection and power of the city and the key in the hand that gives access to all the riches of the earth and that the artist has assimilated to the feminine representation of geography. The continents have been represented following Cesare Ripa's Iconology published in Rome in 1593 as a great encyclopedia of emblems and allegories, to help artists represent virtues, vices, feelings and human passions and which became in iconographic reference. From left to right, the first one represented is America as a semi-naked woman with feathers on her head and a bow in her hand. At his feet, according to Van Dalen's original engraving, there would be an armadillo instead of a crocodile, which is the animal associated with America according to Ripa. At his side is a bearded male figure with a fur-trimmed hat and cape whose identity we do not know. Next, the Geography chariot and walking beside it, the representation of Europe carrying royal attributes such as the crown and the scepter and holding the reins of its distinctive animal: the horse. Behind the chariot you can see an elephant that would be the characteristic animal of the following figure, a black woman with a horn of plenty who would personify Africa and finally Asia, represented with a crown of flowers, a bouquet of pepper in one hand and a censer in her hand. another and behind it its distinctive animal: the camel, which in this case is a dromedary typical of Africa since the painters relied on engravings or descriptions of these animals that were made without having seen them in nature. The theme of the Four Continenetes developed from the 17th century through several series of engravings and spread throughout the viceroyalty of New Spain, giving rise to canvases and screens. The most important screen on the theme of the Four Continents is the one owned by the Soumaya Museum in Mexico, attributed to the painter Juan Correa, and another of the same authorship and theme owned by the National Bank of Mexico. The University of Navarra also has a screen with this theme, dated to the end of the 17th century but introducing the novelty of the triumphant version of the continents. The screen has restorations and some additions such as the red bird that flies over the heads of the lions. Van Dalen's engraving appears reproduced in color in "Geographia Blaviana" by Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam 1665 Volume !: Arctic, Norway and Denmark. This work, a jewel of modern cartography, is one of the most important books in the history of this discipline. Its eleven volumes are published first in Latin and later in other languages. Regarding the engraver of the work Van Dalen "The Younger" (Amsterdam 1638-1664) was the son and disciple of an engraver and publisher of prints with the same name and signed several engravings on works by Rubens and Govert Flinck (Cleveris 1615 -Amsterdam 1660) the latter the true author of the theme of the screen, who gained the recognition of political and royal figures of the time by first painting with a style inspired by Rembrandt that leads to Rubenian forms. Measurements: 204 x 325 cm
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1.- The seller, when transferring an object, will set the minimum sale price for the same one in common agreement with SUBASTAS SEGRE
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2.- The fact of transferring SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. an object authorizes to this one to photograph and reproduce it in catalogues, announcements or any support type it considers to be able to make its sale easy.
3.- The seller becomes responsible for the objects transferred by him are free from taxes, charges or any type of impediments that its com- mercialization prevents, as well as for being able to assume his property or to count on the right propietor´s authorization, becoming responsible for any expense it may cause forgery in the data given SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. by him.
4.- If the seller decided removing an already included object in the catalogue prior to the auction date and in unilateral way, he will have to pay SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., on the starting price and for indemnification, both the agreed commission and that one from the prevailing buyer at this moment and the VAT corresponding both amounts.
5.- Once the object has been sold, SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will deduct, by way of commission, the agreed percentage with the seller mar- ked with the corresponding VAT, as well as the charge corresponding to catalogue inclusion detailed on the back of the deposit document signed by the seller. Those sold works from authors suject to 22/87 law of the intellec- tual property will have the deduced tax the law establishes.
6.- The seller will have not to pay any other expenses than those expressed on the previous paragraph. Just in the case that, after mutual agreement, they proceed with the object restoration, framing, cleaning, etc, or experts opinions are asked for meaning payment, these expenses will be exclusively charged to the seller independently of the object sale or not.
7.- SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. is responsible for the value of the object transferred for sale before the seller by means of the insurance policy it entitles. Such a cover reaches the established sale price, being this one the starting price in case of auction.
8.- The liquidation of the sold objects will be made thirty days after their sale and once SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. has received the payment charged to the buyer.
9.- The objects not adjudged in an auction will be able to be sold in the starting established price by SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. after the auction and whenever previous agreement against it does not exist.
10.- If in a three months term the seller does not remove the objects not sold in auction nor decides a new starting price with SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., these ones can be put in auction again with a 40% lesser star- ting price. In case the unsold lots have not been withdrawn by the consig- nor in period of three months from the auction, nor incluided in a new auc- tion, the pieces will be excluided from the SUBASTAS SEGRE´S general insurance cover and will accrue a storage of 6 Euros per day per item or lot not removed. In case of sale, intermediary fees, advance payment, and sto- rage will be deducted from the selling price.
11. The objects deposited in Subastas Segre SL for sale, are sub- ject to payment of accrued expenses such as storage, catalog, commissions and, where appropriate, advance payments. Pursuant to Article 1780 of the Spanish Civil Code, Subastas Segre SL will retain the object pledge to the payment of the debt.
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1.- SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will appoint an auctioneer responsi- ble for the auction direction. The lots will be for the highest bidder, being the auctioneer, in case of doubt about the bidder or the closing price, the one
again. Also, the auctioneer will be able not to take into account the bids made by people whose solvency has not been properly credited.
2.- The buyer will have to pay a 18% commission on the closing price increased in the VAT corresponding to this percentage
3.- The bids will be increased according to the following scale: Bids until 200€ will be incresed by steps of 10 euros
Bids between 200 and 500 Euros will be increased by steps of 20 Euros. Bids between 500 and 1.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 50 Euros. Bids between 1.000 and 2.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 100 Euros. Bids between 2.000 and 5.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 200 Euros. Bids between 5.000 and 10.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 500 Euros. Bids between 10.000 and 20.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 1.000 Euros.
Bids between 20.000 and 50.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 2.000 Euros.
Bids over 50.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 5.000 Euros or according to the auctioneer´s judgement.
4.- Buyers will also be able to make their offers in writing, using the forms SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will make available for this purpose. The auctioneer will defend the offer till the expressed limit, trying to adjudge the offered lot in the lowest possible price. Between two or more written bids offering the same amount for the same lot , the oldest one will have priority as well as the written bids have priority before the ones made in auction.
5.- It will also be possible to bid by telephone having established it before with SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. The fact of asking for a telephone bid, implicates the desire of covering the starting price. Once the communication has been established it will be, anyway, as if the buyer was in the room. In case of bad or interrupted communications SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. is not responsible for it and it is its right to cover, in the buyer´s name, the starting price of the lot for which the phone bidding was requested.
6.- Payment is due immediately after the sale by following methods: cash and Banker´s Draft.
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For payments made in any currency with variable exchange rate accepted by SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. the exchange rate of the day in which the payment is made will apply. If this one comes from abroad, it should be made by banker´s order.
7.- Data and descriptions showed in the catalogues are the result of the researches and knowledge of experts in SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., who try to make easy the buyers selection, being data accuracy out of their res- ponsibility. The lots will be available for their examination during the pre- vious exhibition to auction, where the buyers will be able to form their own opinion. In the same way, SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will not either accept claims of flaws, restorations,etc., already existing during the object exhibi- tion, although they have not been described in the catalogue.
8- The buyer will have to pay and remove the lots acquired by him in a later term of 7 working days, owing 6 daily Euros per day and lot for storage once the term has finished. If the buyer has not paid and removed the lots thirty working days after the auction date, SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. may consider the sale as finished without prejudicing the legal actions to be taken in a situation like this.
9.- If the buyer requests the sending of the lot or the ones acqui- red by him, the expenses for packing and dispatch will be charged to him. If he wishes to get an insurance covering this sending, he will have to com- municate and pay it before to SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., since without this requisite the insurance will not be considered formalized.
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General terms and conditions
Conditions générales de vente
I.- OBJECTIVE
GENERAL CONDITIONS
who considers with no appeal, being even able to proceed with the auction
The aim of SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L, is the mediation in the sale of all art object types, jewels or collections units by means of deposit, exhi- bition or auction.
II.- CONDITIONS
A.- FOR THE SELLER
1.- The seller, when transferring an object, will set the minimum sale price for the same one in common agreement with SUBASTAS SEGRE
S.L. If the object is to be auctioned, this price will become the auction star- ting one.
2.- The fact of transferring SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. an object authorizes to this one to photograph and reproduce it in catalogues, announcements or any support type it considers to be able to make its sale easy.
3.- The seller becomes responsible for the objects transferred by him are free from taxes, charges or any type of impediments that its com- mercialization prevents, as well as for being able to assume his property or to count on the right propietor´s authorization, becoming responsible for any expense it may cause forgery in the data given SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. by him.
4.- If the seller decided removing an already included object in the catalogue prior to the auction date and in unilateral way, he will have to pay SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., on the starting price and for indemnification, both the agreed commission and that one from the prevailing buyer at this moment and the VAT corresponding both amounts.
5.- Once the object has been sold, SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will deduct, by way of commission, the agreed percentage with the seller mar- ked with the corresponding VAT, as well as the charge corresponding to catalogue inclusion detailed on the back of the deposit document signed by the seller. Those sold works from authors suject to 22/87 law of the intellec- tual property will have the deduced tax the law establishes.
6.- The seller will have not to pay any other expenses than those expressed on the previous paragraph. Just in the case that, after mutual agreement, they proceed with the object restoration, framing, cleaning, etc, or experts opinions are asked for meaning payment, these expenses will be exclusively charged to the seller independently of the object sale or not.
7.- SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. is responsible for the value of the object transferred for sale before the seller by means of the insurance policy it entitles. Such a cover reaches the established sale price, being this one the starting price in case of auction.
8.- The liquidation of the sold objects will be made thirty days after their sale and once SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. has received the payment charged to the buyer.
9.- The objects not adjudged in an auction will be able to be sold in the starting established price by SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. after the auction and whenever previous agreement against it does not exist.
10.- If in a three months term the seller does not remove the objects not sold in auction nor decides a new starting price with SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., these ones can be put in auction again with a 40% lesser star- ting price. In case the unsold lots have not been withdrawn by the consig- nor in period of three months from the auction, nor incluided in a new auc- tion, the pieces will be excluided from the SUBASTAS SEGRE´S general insurance cover and will accrue a storage of 6 Euros per day per item or lot not removed. In case of sale, intermediary fees, advance payment, and sto- rage will be deducted from the selling price.
11. The objects deposited in Subastas Segre SL for sale, are sub- ject to payment of accrued expenses such as storage, catalog, commissions and, where appropriate, advance payments. Pursuant to Article 1780 of the Spanish Civil Code, Subastas Segre SL will retain the object pledge to the payment of the debt.
B.- FOR THE BUYER
1.- SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will appoint an auctioneer responsi- ble for the auction direction. The lots will be for the highest bidder, being the auctioneer, in case of doubt about the bidder or the closing price, the one
again. Also, the auctioneer will be able not to take into account the bids made by people whose solvency has not been properly credited.
2.- The buyer will have to pay a 18% commission on the closing price increased in the VAT corresponding to this percentage
3.- The bids will be increased according to the following scale: Bids until 200€ will be incresed by steps of 10 euros
Bids between 200 and 500 Euros will be increased by steps of 20 Euros. Bids between 500 and 1.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 50 Euros. Bids between 1.000 and 2.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 100 Euros. Bids between 2.000 and 5.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 200 Euros. Bids between 5.000 and 10.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 500 Euros. Bids between 10.000 and 20.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 1.000 Euros.
Bids between 20.000 and 50.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 2.000 Euros.
Bids over 50.000 Euros will be increased by steps of 5.000 Euros or according to the auctioneer´s judgement.
4.- Buyers will also be able to make their offers in writing, using the forms SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will make available for this purpose. The auctioneer will defend the offer till the expressed limit, trying to adjudge the offered lot in the lowest possible price. Between two or more written bids offering the same amount for the same lot , the oldest one will have priority as well as the written bids have priority before the ones made in auction.
5.- It will also be possible to bid by telephone having established it before with SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. The fact of asking for a telephone bid, implicates the desire of covering the starting price. Once the communication has been established it will be, anyway, as if the buyer was in the room. In case of bad or interrupted communications SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. is not responsible for it and it is its right to cover, in the buyer´s name, the starting price of the lot for which the phone bidding was requested.
6.- Payment is due immediately after the sale by following methods: cash and Banker´s Draft.
Wire tranfer: BANKINTER
C/ Príncipe de Vergara, 204 Dup. , 28002 Madrid Número de cuenta: 0128 0065 8401 0002 7412
IBAN: ES81 0128 0065 8401 0002 7412 SWIFT: BKBKESMMXXX
For payments made in any currency with variable exchange rate accepted by SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. the exchange rate of the day in which the payment is made will apply. If this one comes from abroad, it should be made by banker´s order.
7.- Data and descriptions showed in the catalogues are the result of the researches and knowledge of experts in SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., who try to make easy the buyers selection, being data accuracy out of their res- ponsibility. The lots will be available for their examination during the pre- vious exhibition to auction, where the buyers will be able to form their own opinion. In the same way, SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. will not either accept claims of flaws, restorations,etc., already existing during the object exhibi- tion, although they have not been described in the catalogue.
8- The buyer will have to pay and remove the lots acquired by him in a later term of 7 working days, owing 6 daily Euros per day and lot for storage once the term has finished. If the buyer has not paid and removed the lots thirty working days after the auction date, SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. may consider the sale as finished without prejudicing the legal actions to be taken in a situation like this.
9.- If the buyer requests the sending of the lot or the ones acqui- red by him, the expenses for packing and dispatch will be charged to him. If he wishes to get an insurance covering this sending, he will have to com- municate and pay it before to SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L., since without this requisite the insurance will not be considered formalized.
C.- LITIGATION
In case of litigation between SUBASTAS SEGRE S.L. ande the seller or the buyer, the parties submit to the Law Courts of Madrid with renounce to any other jurisdiction.
Exposition du 10 au 20 mai :
Horaires 10h-20h
Samedi d'exposition 10h-15h
Lieu d'exposition :
Segre 18, 28002 Madrid, Espagne
Exposition du 10 au 20 mai :
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Samedi d'exposition 10h-15h
Lieu d'exposition :
Segre 18, 28002 Madrid, Espagne
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