Philips Galle (1537-1612) After Pieter Bruegel The Elder (Circa 1525-1569)
Fortitude ('Fortitudo'), from: The Seven Virtues
Found at
Christies,
New York
Old Master and 19th Century Prints, Lot 65
24. Jan - 24. Jan 2023
Old Master and 19th Century Prints, Lot 65
24. Jan - 24. Jan 2023
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
Fortitude ('Fortitudo'), from: The Seven Virtues
engraving, 1560, on laid paper, watermark Hand with Letters surmounted by a Flower (this variant not in Briquet nor Heawood), a fine impression of the first state (of two), published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, retaining a fillet of blank paper outside of the borderline on three sides, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 222 x 287 mm.
Fortitude ('Fortitudo'), from: The Seven Virtues
engraving, 1560, on laid paper, watermark Hand with Letters surmounted by a Flower (this variant not in Briquet nor Heawood), a fine impression of the first state (of two), published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, retaining a fillet of blank paper outside of the borderline on three sides, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 222 x 287 mm.
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