Fama.

Engraving, 24 x 16,1 cm, laid paper with watermark (hand with cross, Briquet 11106), signed in the plate at lower margin "Joannes Collaer scalp." (trimmed to the borderline, some sm. creases, sm. hole near Fama's right knee, edges reinforced).

Under passe-partout.

A winged allegorical figure spreads fame all over the world by blowing trumpets adorned with flags covered with eyes, ears and tongues. With engr. Latin text in lower margin. Only known state.
Ref. New Hollstein (Collaert Dynasty): 1138.
Joined: 1. Sneyders, Michiel. After Hendrick Goltzius - Mary Magdalene crying. Illustration to page 92 of Aubert le Mire's "Sanctorum Principum ... Imagines" (Antwerp, 1613). Oval engraving, 17,1 x 13 cm, laid paper, signed in plate "M. Snyders exc." (trimmed along the borderline, sm. stain at upper left). Under passe-partout. Ref. New Hollstein (Goltzius), 49.-- 2. De Passe, Crispijn I - Veturia. Cologne, Crispijn de Passe, 1602. From the Series of Famous Women (6 pl.). Oval engraving with etching, 26 x 18,2 cm, laid paper with partial watermark, signed in the plate at lower margin "Crispin de Passe figurator et incisor exc." (paper toned, some foxing, some min. creases at left edge). Good impression of only known state. Ref. Hollstein XV:364.-- 3. Bloemaert, Cornelis. After Abraham van Diepenbeeck - Pandora surrounded by the Gods. From a series on the Roman Gods (24 pl.). Paris, P. Mariette le fils. Engraving, 25,2 x 18,2 cm, laid paper, unsigned (sl. toned, trimmed to and within the borderline). Under passe-partout. Ref. Hollstein III:95. (4 pcs).