The Disputation of St. Barbara, manuscript illumination, Book of Hours, c. 1480-90 - Postcard by Netherlandish

Topographical drawing of the same village overlooking a water pond, the inhabitants looking over the bridge or the banks of the canals. Sailing- and rowing boats. Cloudy sky. Probably after a print. Eighteenth century. On the back of the mount a sketched portrait in pencil of a young woman. Drawing on paper, pen, brush and black and grey ink, grey wash over some pencil; double line frame in pen and brown ink; mounted on another sheet of paper, glued on the corners; total: ca. 150 x 200 mm. Paper with Pro-Patria watermark. In very good condition.

Topographical drawing of a village overlooking a water pond, the inhabitants looking over the bridge or the banks of the canals. Sailing- and rowing boats. Cloudy sky. Probably after a print. Eighteenth century. On the back of the mount a sketched portrait in pencil and grey wash of a young woman. Drawing on paper, pen, brush and black and grey ink, grey wash over some pencil; double line frame in pen and brown ink; mounted on another sheet of paper, glued on the corners; total: ca. 150 x 200 mm. Paper with Pro-Patria watermark. In very good condition.

Netherlandis: Gerard de Jode circa 1587. Engraving on contemporary laid paper. 27 x 32.5 cm. sheet size. Wide margins.... At bottom center: Isarides suasu matris benedicitur, atque / Efficitur faelix a genitore suo. / Gene .27.... After Maarten de Vos. Pl. 2 from the series «The story of Jacob and Esau», published by Gerard de Jode: Blind Isaac blessing Jacob disguised as Esau. Ref. Hollstein XLIV: 69. Met Museum, 51.501.1715(2).