Lot n° 515
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
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: 3 600EUR
- Lot 515
ANTWERP] MORTUARY PICTURES - MORTUARY PICTURES. Set of +/- 800 mortuary images concerning mostly families from Antwerp and surroundings, in particular the Vermoelens, Claessens, etc.
Late 18th-19th c.
Small formats (except for mentions), in Dutch, some in French, Latin; black and white engraving (some in colour) on verso. Good condition.
1./Late 18th c. - 4 items, including:
- "Thresor des ames devotes". [Antwerp], Isabella Hertsens woonende in de Keysestraet", s.d. Engraved folding f., 17 x 24 cm. Tears to folds, soiling, otherwise complete. Closed, the document bears on the reverse the mention "Bill of exchange"; opened, it shows on the front a cross with the instruments of the Passion, on the reverse emblems (zither and burning heart) and cartouches with Latin and French texts. See Mieke De JONGHE, 'Plooiprent 'thresor des ames devotes'', in Van mensen & dingen. Tijdschrift voor volkscultuur in Vlaanderen, III, 2005, pp. 429-432.
- 2 mortuary souvenirs on vellum; 1 engraving signed L. Fruytiers.
- 1 mortuary souvenir on paper, engraved by H. Van Dueren.
2./1st half of the 19th c. - +/- 290 pieces, of which:
- 4 on ivory coloured silk (1 pink).
- +/- 150 funeral mementos on vellum, of which a large number concern Joseph Arnold Claessens, who died in Antwerp on 11 May 1842, with the same text but almost all with different figures.
- +/- 140 funeral mementos on paper.
- 10 death announcements on paper.
3./2nd half of the 19th - beginning of the 20th c.: +/- 500 pieces.
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