![Androuet Du Cerceau, Jacques - Livre Des Edifices Antiques Romains. [Paris], 1584.](/images/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques_livre-des-edifices-antiques-romains-paris-1584_AID574653.jpg?f=grey)
Androuet Du Cerceau, Jacques
Livre Des Edifices Antiques Romains. [Paris], 1584.
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 370
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 370
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
Description
ANDROUET DU CERCEAU, Jacques. Livre des edifices antiques Romains. [Paris], 1584.
2 o (410 x 289 mm). Letterpress title-page, one leaf dedication and preface. 96 engravings on 48 leaves (plates 62 and 71 cancelled, inlaid into original sheets, sheet five with old repaired tear crossing plate, some occasional pale ink staining and soiling). Contemporary orange vellum. Provenance: acquired from Marlborough Rare Books, 1986.
FIRST EDITION of du Cerceau's series of detailed reconstructions of Roman buildings and monuments, and his last known work. Geymüller, Mortimer and Millard all call for 98 engravings on 48 leaves. The present has 96 on 48 leaves, perhaps as a result of the cancelling of plates 62 and 71, and therefore this is perhaps an intermediate issue. "This comprehensive guide to the architecture of Rome is not just imaginary, but the reproduction of material from a contemporary Italian architectural study. In the preface, Androuet du Cerceau writes of the work of a 'knowledgeable person' (Pirro Ligorio) who by much reading and research into antiquity was able to prepare a map which represented Rome at the time of its greatest magnificence, and that he (Androuet du Cerceau) had enlarged the buildings included in the map so that all interest in antiquity would find here beautiful forms and adornments to aid in their own 'inventions,' and so that the ancient buildings would be immortalized" (Millar
2 o (410 x 289 mm). Letterpress title-page, one leaf dedication and preface. 96 engravings on 48 leaves (plates 62 and 71 cancelled, inlaid into original sheets, sheet five with old repaired tear crossing plate, some occasional pale ink staining and soiling). Contemporary orange vellum. Provenance: acquired from Marlborough Rare Books, 1986.
FIRST EDITION of du Cerceau's series of detailed reconstructions of Roman buildings and monuments, and his last known work. Geymüller, Mortimer and Millard all call for 98 engravings on 48 leaves. The present has 96 on 48 leaves, perhaps as a result of the cancelling of plates 62 and 71, and therefore this is perhaps an intermediate issue. "This comprehensive guide to the architecture of Rome is not just imaginary, but the reproduction of material from a contemporary Italian architectural study. In the preface, Androuet du Cerceau writes of the work of a 'knowledgeable person' (Pirro Ligorio) who by much reading and research into antiquity was able to prepare a map which represented Rome at the time of its greatest magnificence, and that he (Androuet du Cerceau) had enlarged the buildings included in the map so that all interest in antiquity would find here beautiful forms and adornments to aid in their own 'inventions,' and so that the ancient buildings would be immortalized" (Millar
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau I could be acquired at Christies in New York in June 2013 for an unexpectedly low price. In the The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods auction, the work Livre Des Edifices Antiques Romains. Paris, 1584. changed hands for USD 7,500 (€ 5,765) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 8,000 – 12,000. Admittedly, works by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau I have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A Façade of Five Bays In The Corinthian Order, The Central Bay With A Doorway Surmounted By The French Royal Arms, The Surmounting Balustrade With A Central Arch With A Relief of A Mounted Falconer And Two Female Figures Supporting A Fleur-De-Lys in July 2006 with an auction result of GBP 38,400 (€ 5
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Im Juni 2013 konnte ein Sammler die Arbeit Livre Des Edifices Antiques Romains. Paris, 1584. von Jacques Androuet du Cerceau I für USD 7.500,00 (€ 5.764,80) erwerben. Dieser Preis wurde in der Auktion The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods bei Christies in New York erzielt und lag noch unterhalb der von dem Auktionshaus angesetzten Schätzpreisspanne von USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Jacques Androuet du Cerceau I auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A Façade of Five Bays In The Corinthian Order, The Central Bay With A Doorway Surmounted By The French Royal Arms, The Surmounting Balustrade With A Central Arch With A Relief of A Mounted Falconer And Two Female Figures Supporting A Fleur-De-Lys im Juli 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 38.400,00 (€ 56.213,10).
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau I - Auction history
![Androuet Du Cerceau, Jacques - Livre Des Edifices Antiques Romains. [Paris], 1584.](/images/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques_livre-des-edifices-antiques-romains-paris-1584_AID574653_320x320.jpg)
Other artists in this auction
![Oppenord, Gilles-Marie - Oeuvres... contenant différents fragments d\'architecture, et d\'ornement. Paris: Gabriel Huquier, [ca 1748].](/images/oppenord-gilles-marie_oeuvres-contenant-differents-fragments-darchitecture-et-dornement-paris-gabriel-huquier-ca-1748_AID574773_320x320.jpg)
![La Joüe, Jacques De - Livre de Buffets. Paris: Huquier, [ca.1750].](/images/la-jouee-jacques-de_livre-de-buffets-paris-huquier-ca-1750_AID574752_320x320.jpg)
![La Fontaine, Jean De - Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam [Paris: David Jeune], 1762.](/images/la-fontaine-jean-de_contes-et-nouvelles-en-vers-amsterdam-paris-david-jeune-1762_AID574750_320x320.jpg)
![Delaune, Etienne - Hunting Scenes [Venationes] (Robert-Dumesnil 275-280)](/images/delaune-etienne_hunting-scenes-venationes-robert-dumesnil-275-280_AID574705_320x320.jpg)
![Bibiena, Giuseppe Galli Da - Architetture, e prospettive, dedicate alla Maest di Carlo Sesto. Augsburg: Andreas Pfeffel, 1740[-1744].](/images/bibiena-giuseppe-galli-da_architetture-e-prospettive-dedicate-alla-maest-di-carlo-sesto-augsburg-andreas-pfeffel-1740-1744_AID574664_320x320.jpg)
