Pierre (1575) Vallet Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Pierre (1575) Vallet Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 11, 2020
Pierre Vallet (1575-1675) "Fritil Pyrenea atropupurea..." 1608, 1e druk, handgekleurde gravure
Est: €100 - €150
Pierre Vallet (1575-1675) "Fritil Pyrenea atropupurea..." 1608, 1e druk, handgekleurde gravure, uit Le Jardin du Roy Tres Chrestien Henri IV, plaat 12/later 16 - op karton geplakt, vochtplek (C). 31.5 x 17.3 cm / 44 x 29 cm
Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
Sep. 29, 2018
Vallet, Florilegium 1623
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
VALLET, Pierre (ca 1575-1657). Le Jardin du Roy Tres Chrestien Loys XIII...Paris: Pierre Mariette, 1623. Folio (13-1/4 x 9 inches): etched architectural title-page with figures of Clusius and de L'Obel flanking a view of a formal garden with glass-houses beyond, engraved portrait of Vallet (lacks portrait of Robin), and 73 full-page etched and engraved plates plus an additional 17 plates (i.e. 90 total) (upper right blank corner of most plates with discreet early repair). 19th-century vellum with gilt lettered red morocco lettering-piece on the spine. SECOND EDITION, WITH 17 ADDITIONAL ENGRAVED PLATES. According to Blunt this is the first important florilegium and "a work of great beauty." At the beginning of the 17th century Marie de' Medici's great passion for flowers and plants set the fashion for floral themes at the French court. Le Jardin du Roi is Pierre Vallet's hommage to the queen, executed in part to provide patterns for embroideries, and in part to document some of the exotic species bought back from Spain and the islands off the coast of Guinea by Jean Robin the younger. Vallet, born in Orlains about 1575, moved to Paris where he worked as an engraver. He was appointed to the court of Henri IV as brodeur ordinaire de Sa Majestee and, later, vallet de chambre du roy. As engraver he produced illustrations for Touffe de Fleurs (1601), Aventures amoureuses de Thaeagaene et Chariclée (1613), and La Symbole de Nices (1642). In Paris he met Jean Robin, who directed the Royal Gardens of the Louvre for Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. Tournefort refers to Robin as the most celebrated botanist of his time and Linnaeus named the locust tree (Robinia) after him. Vallet and Robin collaborated on several works, such as Catalogus Stirpium...quae Lutetiae coluntur (1601) and Histoire des plantes aromatiques (1619), but their masterpiece is certainly Le Jardin du Roy. The plates are all etched but most also include engraved highlights. Their naturalism, which set new standards for natural history illustration, together with the novel form of the title ensured that the work met with considerable success, so much so that it was widely copied and adapted: some of Vallet's plates were directly copied by Johann Theodor de Bry in Florilegium Novum (1611), by Emanuel Sweert in 1612, and by Friderico Barbette in Florilegium Novum (1641). Marie de Medici (1573-1642), daughter of the Grand Duke Francis I of Tuscany and the Archduchess Joan of Austria, married Henry IV of France in 1600. In 1610 Marie was crowned Queen of France and appointed regent, with a council of fifteen, while her husband prepared for war with Germany and Spain. A day after her coronation Henri IV was assassinated, and so Marie's regency on behalf of her young son Louis XIII, began in earnest. With the support of Richelieu, she established her household at Blois. Marie's regency was marked by opulence: the construction and furnishing of the Palais du Luxembourg, which she referred to as her "Palais Médicis", formed her major artistic project during her regency. The site was purchased in 1612 and construction began in 1615, to designs of Salomon de Brosse. REFERENCES: Dunthorne, p.253; Hunt 187; Nissen BBI 2039; Oak Spring Flora 8. Comparable: Christies, 2004 - $20,315
Arader Galleries
Sep. 16, 2018
Two Unframed Pierre Vallet Botanical Engravings
Est: $500 - $700
Pierre Vallet (1575-1657) A pair of colored botanical engravings from "Le Jardin du Roy tres Chrestien Loys XIII Roy de France et Navarre dedie a la Royne Mere de Sa M[ajes]t[ie]. Paris: P. Vallet, 1623." featuring Gladiol Btalicus and Pyretrum Verum Unmarked Approx. 13.875" x 9.75"
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Dec. 05, 2017
VALLET, Pierre, engraver (1575-1650) – HELIODORUS (4th century). Les...
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VALLET, Pierre, engraver (1575-1650) – HELIODORUS (4th century). Les...
Christie's
Jun. 20, 2013
VALLET, Pierre, illustrator (ca 1575-1657). -- HELIODORUS OF EMESA. Les Adventures Amoureuse de Theagenes et Cariclée. Sommairement descrite et representée par figures. Paris: Pierre Vallet and Gabriel Tavernier, 1613.
Est: -
VALLET, Pierre, illustrator (ca 1575-1657). -- HELIODORUS OF EMESA. Les Adventures Amoureuse de Theagenes et Cariclée. Sommairement descrite et representée par figures. Paris: Pierre Vallet and Gabriel Tavernier, 1613. 8o (193 x 123 mm.). Engraved title and 120 numbered half-page engraved illustrations, printed on rectos only. 18th-century French red morocco gilt, edges gilt (minor dampstaining to lower margin heavier at end). Provenance: Borluut de Noortdonck (bookplate); acquired from Ursus Books, 1983. FIRST EDITION. With a suite of 120 engraved plates (7 repeats) each accompanied by a verse from Helidorus of Emesa's Historia Aethiopica. Brunet III:89 (citing this copy); Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration 22.
Christie's
Jun. 07, 2006
VALLET, Pierre (c. 1575-1657). Le Jardin du roy tres chrestien Louis XIIII roy de France et de
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
VALLET, Pierre (c. 1575-1657). Le Jardin du roy tres chrestien Louis XIIII roy de France et de Navare. Paris: Pierre Mariette, [?1665]. Etched and engraved architectural title incorporating the figures of L'Ecluse and L'Obel, and 93 etched and engraved plates by and after Vallet. (Lacking 2 portraits.) Nissen BBI 2039. [Bound with:] [RABEL, Daniel (?1578-1637).] Theatrum florae. Paris: Pierre Mariette, '1633' [?but later]. Engraved title, frontispiece and 69 plates by and after Rabel. Cleveland Collections 176 (Firens: 1633 ed.); Nissen BBI 1575; cf. Oak Spring Flora 15. 2 works bound in one volume, 2° (393 x 270mm). (Some light spotting or marking, occasional light marginal dampstaining.) 17th-century French calf, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in one (worn with small losses, upper joint split). Provenance: Ph. Tymbergue (early inscriptions on both titles). MARIETTE'S EDITIONS OF THE FIRST TWO ENGRAVED FLORILEGIA PUBLISHED IN FRANCE. Vallet's work -- 'The first important florilegium... a work of great beauty (Blunt and Stearn, p. 101) -- first appeared as Le Jardin du roy tres chrestien Henry IV in 1608 with 73 plates, and was followed by a second edition, re-titled Le Jardin du roy tres chrestien Loys XIII in 1623 with 90 plates, and a third edition with 93 plates in 1633. This edition dates from after the death of Louis XIII in 1643. Vallet's love of botany and his friendship with Jean Robin (creator of the royal gardens at the Louvre for Henri IV in about 1590), stimulated his work on the Jardin du Roy, and Vallet pays tribute to his friend by including his portrait in the work and by documenting some of the exotic species brought back by Robin from Spain and Guinea for the royal garden. Marie de Médicis, consort of Henri IV and the book's dedicatee, was to have taken particular pleasure in these rarities, and she also made fashionable the floral motif in embroidery; preliminary verses referring to Vallet's work in silk or gold make clear that the illustrations were also intended to serve as embroidery patterns. Rabel's Theatrum florae was first published in 1622, and later editions were issued in 1627 and 1633; it has the distinction of being the 'second engraved florilegium to be published in France, the Jardin du Roy of Pierre Vallet having appeared in 1608... The plates in Theatrum florae are indeed magnificent... While the images clearly owe much to the earlier florilegia of Vallet and de Bry, certain illustrations stand out due to their exceptional artistic quality and almost scientific realism' (Oak Spring Flora). Since this copy of the Theatrum florae bears the name of Firens on the title (who also issued an edition in 1633), it seems possible that the Mariette edition is later than 1633 and that these two works were issued together by Mariette.
Christie's
Dec. 16, 2004
VALLET, Pierre (ca 1575-1657). Le Jardin du Roy Tres Chrestien Loys XIII... Text by Jean
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VALLET, Pierre (ca 1575-1657). Le Jardin du Roy Tres Chrestien Loys XIII... Text by Jean Robin. Paris: P. Vallet, 1623. 2 o (337 x 230 mm). Engraved title, engraved portrait of Vallet (lacks portrait of Robin) and 90 engraved plates (upper right blank corner of most plates with discreet old repair). 19th-century vellum with gilt lettered red morocco spine label. Second edition, with 17 additional engraved plates. According to Blunt this is the first importnat florilegium and "a work of great beauty." At the beginning of the 17th century Marie de' Medici's great passion for flowers and plants set the fashion for floral themes at the French court. Le Jardin du Roi is Pierre Vallet's hommage to the queen, executed in part to provide patterns for embroideries, and in part to document some of the exotic species bought back from Spain and the islands off the coast of Guinea by Jean Robin the younger. Vallet, born in Orlains about 1575, moved to Paris where he worked as an engraver. He was appointed to the court of Henri IV as brodeur ordinaire de Sa Majesté and, later, vallet de chambre du roy. As engraver he produced illustrations for Touffe de Fleurs (1601), Aventures amoureuses de Thaeagaene et Chariclée (1613) and La Symbole de Nices (1642). In Paris he met Jean Robin, who directed the Royal Gardens of the Louvre for Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. Tournefort refers to Robin as the most celebrated botanist of his time and Linnaeus named the locust tree (Robinia) after him. Vallet and Robin collaborated on several works, such as Catalogus Stirpium...quae Lutetiae coluntur (1601) and Histoire des Plantes aromatiques (1619), but their masterpiece is certainly Le Jardin du Roy. The plates are all etched but most also include engraved highlights. Their naturalism, which set new standards for natural history illustration, together with the novel form of the title ensured that the work met with considerable success, so much so that it was widely copied and adapted: some of Vallet's plates were directly copied by Johann Theodor de Bry in Florilegium Novum (1611), by Emanuel Sweert in 1612 and by Friderico Barbette in Florilegium Novum (1641). Dunthorne, p.253; Hunt 187; Nissen BBI 2039; Oak Spring Flora 8.
Christie's
Oct. 14, 2003
VALLET, Pierre (circa 1575-1657). Le Jardin du Roy tres
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VALLET, Pierre (circa 1575-1657). Le Jardin du Roy tres Chrestien Henry IV. Text by Jean Robin. Paris: P. Vallet, 1623. 2 o (337 x 230 mm). Engraved title, engraved portrait of Vallet (lacks portrait of Robin) and 90 engraved plates (upper right blank corner of most plates with discreet old repair). 19th-century vellum with gilt lettered red morocco spine label. Provenance : purchased from Rousseau Girard, 1962. Second edition, with 17 additional engraved plates. According to Blunt this is the first importnat florilegium and "a work of great beauty." At the beginning of the 17th century Marie de' Medici's great passion for flowers and plants set the fashion for floral themes at the French court. Le Jardin du Roi is Pierre Vallet's hommage to the queen, executed in part to provide patterns for embroideries, and in part to document some of the exotic species bought back from Spain and the islands off the coast of Guinea by Jean Robin the younger. Vallet, born in Orlaéns about 1575, moved to Paris where he worked as an engraver. He was appointed to the court of Henri IV as brodeur ordinaire de Sa Majesté and, later, vallet de chambre du roy. As engraver he produced illustrations for Touffe de Fleurs (1601), Aventures amoureuses de Théagéne et Chariclée (1613) and La Symbole de Nices (1642). In Paris he met Jean Robin, who directed the Royal Gardens of the Louvre for Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. Tournefort refers to Robin as the most celebrated botanist of his time and Linnaeus named the locust tree (Robinia) after him. Vallet and Robin collaborated on several works, such as Catalogus Stirpium...quae Lutetiae coluntur (1601) and Histoire des Plantes aromatiques (1619), but their masterpiece is certainly Le Jardin du Roy. The plates are all etched but most also include engraved highlights. Their naturalism, which set new standards for natural history illustration, together with the novel form of the title ensured that the work met with considerable success, so much so that it was widely copied and adapted: some of Vallet's plates were directly copied by Johann Theodor de Bry in Florilegium Novum (1611), by Emanuel Sweert in 1612 and by Friderico Barbette in Florilegium Novum (1641). Dunthorne, p.253; Hunt 187; Nissen BBI 2039; Oak Spring Flora 8.
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