[TREU, Martin] - Lot 13

Lot n° 13
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[TREU, Martin] - Lot 13
[TREU, Martin] Factitious collection of sixteenth century engravings on dance attributed to Martin TREU. 1 volume in-4 (250 x 175 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, finely decorated ribbed spine, gilt inner border (modern binding signed but name scratched). A total of 12 copper engravings executed between 1542 and 1543, laminated by 4 on each page, protected by a serpente. Each engraving (60 x 42 mm approx.) bears the date in the upper left corner as well as the monogram of MT which has been attributed to Martin Treu. ' The latter, according to Benezit, "was a contemporary of Johann Sabald Beham and Heinrich Aldegrever. His plates, of small dimensions and according to his own drawings, appear to be somewhat inspired by Lucas of Leiden. His work is important and contains religious and genre subjects, a number of which are related to dance. These engravings are often marked with the initials M.T. joined together in a monogram". It is Christ in his Dictionnaire des Monogrammes (1750) who first attributed this name to the letters of the monogram MT which is found on engravings systematically dated between 1540 and 1543. Passavant (Le peintre-graveur, 1863, p.52) agrees with Andresen (Die Monogrammisten und diejenigen bekannten und unbekannten Künstler aller Schulen, 1871, IV, pp. 687-689) to see in this artist a belonging to the Saxon school and a style reminiscent of Brosamer and Aldegrever. The artist composed two suites on the dance from which our engravings are taken: "The dance of the peasants" (1542) and "The dance of the nobles" (1542 or 1543, depending on the edition). The twelve engravings, here mostly in first edition, are in very good condition. They have been line-cut, some with very thin margins (notably 7, 9 and 11). Some of the engravings have a small, partially cut stamp that appears to be that of Frederick August II, King of Saxony, a great collector of prints and drawings. Some of his pieces, especially his duplicates, were sold first in Leipzig in 1856 and 1900 and then from 1927 to 1943 (see Die Kupferstichsammlung Friedrich August II Konig von Sachsen [...], Leipzig, 1854).
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