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Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam with plates in first states

BARLAEUS, Caspar.
Medicea hospes, sive descriptio publicae gratulationis, qua serenissimam, Augustissimamque reginam, Mariam de Medicis, excepit senatus populusque Amstelodamensis.

With woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title, full-page engraved portrait of Maria de Medici with terras and view on the Amstel after G. Honthorst, 16 double-page, of which 2 double-page folding, fine etched views of Amsterdam and of the splendid ceremonies at the occasion of Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam by S. Savery, several after S. de Vlieger, and P. Nolpe after Cl. Moyaert. All etchings are in first states, before numbers, letters, etc.

With woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title, full-page engraved portrait of Maria de Medici with terras and view on the Amstel after G. Honthorst, 16 double-page, of which 2 double-page folding, fine etched views of Amsterdam and of the splendid ceremonies at the occasion of Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam by S. Savery, several after S. de Vlieger, and P. Nolpe after Cl. Moyaert. All etchings are in first states, before numbers, letters, etc.

With woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title, full-page engraved portrait of Maria de Medici with terras and view on the Amstel after G. Honthorst, 16 double-page, of which 2 double-page folding, fine etched views of Amsterdam and of the splendid ceremonies at the occasion of Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam by S. Savery, several after S. de Vlieger, and P. Nolpe after Cl. Moyaert. All etchings are in first states, before numbers, letters, etc.

With woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title, full-page engraved portrait of Maria de Medici with terras and view on the Amstel after G. Honthorst, 16 double-page, of which 2 double-page folding, fine etched views of Amsterdam and of the splendid ceremonies at the occasion of Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam by S. Savery, several after S. de Vlieger, and P. Nolpe after Cl. Moyaert. All etchings are in first states, before numbers, letters, etc.

With woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title, full-page engraved portrait of Maria de Medici with terras and view on the Amstel after G. Honthorst, 16 double-page, of which 2 double-page folding, fine etched views of Amsterdam and of the splendid ceremonies at the occasion of Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam by S. Savery, several after S. de Vlieger, and P. Nolpe after Cl. Moyaert. All etchings are in first states, before numbers, letters, etc.



Amsterdam, Johan & Cornelius Blaeu, 1638. Folio. Contemporary Russia, with gilt central ornament. With woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam on title, full-page engraved portrait of Maria de Medici with terras and view on the Amstel after G. Honthorst, 16 double-page, of which 2 double-page folding, fine etched views of Amsterdam and of the splendid ceremonies at the occasion of Maria de Medici's visit to Amsterdam by S. Savery, several after S. de Vlieger, and P. Nolpe after Cl. Moyaert. All etchings are in first states, before numbers, letters, etc. (12), 62, (2 blank) pp.

First edition of a beautifully illustrated baroque Dutch Royal Entree book, with all of the plates in first states, before numbers and letters. Published simultaneously in French and in Latin, it is the first official description of an entrance in the Northern Netherlands, a tradition which had flown over from the South. Maria de Medici, born at Florence in 1573, married the French King Henry IV and after his death she became Regent of Louis XIII. But when Louis XIII came of age and claimed his throne Maria de Medici was exiled and fled the court. The splendid ceremonial entrance of the queen-mother of France in 1638 was an important moment in the history of Amsterdam. She had already been in the Southern Netherlands, where she was received with great marks of honour as well. Her royal presence in the Netherlands though was of great political susceptibility, and actually the Dutch government tried to get rid of Maria as soon as possible. She died at Cologne in 1642. The beautiful plates are in two, quite different, styles. Nine plates are engraved by Nolpe after Moeyaert, depicting allegorical subjects from the queen's life. The remaining plates, engraved by Saverij, represent the festivals and are remarkable for the detailed views, with 3 plates after the renowned painter Simon de Vlieger etched in the best style of Dutch landscape scenes. plates are:
  • Portrait of Maria de Medici, with Amsterdam in the background, engraved by Salomon Saverij after a painting by Honthorst, first state, without the background view on the Amstel river
  • Arrival in the Haarlemmermeer, engraved by Salomon Saverij after J. Martsen de Jonge
  • Cavalcade entering the triumphal arch at the Dam, engraved by Salomon Saverij after J. Martsen de Jonge,
  • Marriage of Henry IV and Maria de Medici, engraved by P. Nolpe after Cl. Moeyaert
  • Triumphal arch, engraved by Salomon Saverij after J. Martsen de Jonge
  • Allegorical plate, engraved by P. Nolpe after Cl. Moeyaert
  • View on the Amstel, engraved by Salomon Saverij after S. de Vlieger
  • François de Medici marrying Johanna of Austria, engraved by P. Nolpe after Cl. Moeyaert
  • Maximilian offering the crown to Amsterdam, engraved by P. Nolpe after Cl. Moeyaert
  • Series of 5 allegorical plates, engraved by P. Nolpe after Cl. Moeyaert, depicting the fall and rise of France under Henry III and IV
  • Tournament on the Amstel, engraved by Salomon Saverij after S. de Vlieger
  • View on Amsterdam from the river Y, engraved by Salomon Saverij after S. de Vlieger, first state without the two coats of arms in the upper right and left corners
  • The Haarlemmermeer Poort, engraved by Salomon Saverij after J. Martsen de Jonge

    • Splendid copy on strong paper.- Added: the famous and extremely rare print of 'the four burgomasters', engraved by J. Suyderhoef after Th. de Keyser.- (Hollstein 14 II).
    Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 109; Frederik Muller auction catalogue, Wurfbain-Slagregen-Kroese, 6-11 mei 1912, nr. 407; Snoep, Praal en Propaganda, pp. 39-76; Hollstein XIV, Nolpe 86-94; Hollstein XXIV, Saverij 144 a-h; Muller, Historieprenten, 1793 (plate 16, the Haarlemmermeer Poort); L'Art Ancien, cat. 26, nr. 398; Kat. Berlin 2949; Lipperheide 2665; Verzameling Amsterdam W.J.R. Dreesman, p. 476; Vinet 489; cf. Collections A.J. Nijland troisième partie 443-7.

    Related Subjects: Art General  Print Series  Splendid Ceremonies 

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