Wenceslaus Hollar
The Dance Of Death
Found at
Bonhams,
London
Prints and Multiples, Lot 20
18. Dec - 18. Dec 2018
Prints and Multiples, Lot 20
18. Dec - 18. Dec 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
The Dance of Death (Pennington 233-262)
The set of thirty etchings, 1651, on laid paper set into three larger sheets of wove, probably from the seventh state (of nine), before the re-biting and numbering of the plates, published circa 1800, all with small margins, generally in good condition
Plates 75 x 57mm. (3 x 2 1/4in.); Sheets 478 x 360mm. (18 7/8 x 14in.) (unframed)
Hermann Marx (d.1948), Cobham, Surrey, (Lugt 2816a on all plates, verso); his posthumous sale, 24 May 1948, Sotheby's, London where acquired; thence by descent.
The set of thirty etchings, 1651, on laid paper set into three larger sheets of wove, probably from the seventh state (of nine), before the re-biting and numbering of the plates, published circa 1800, all with small margins, generally in good condition
Plates 75 x 57mm. (3 x 2 1/4in.); Sheets 478 x 360mm. (18 7/8 x 14in.) (unframed)
Hermann Marx (d.1948), Cobham, Surrey, (Lugt 2816a on all plates, verso); his posthumous sale, 24 May 1948, Sotheby's, London where acquired; thence by descent.
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