Hendrick Goltzius
The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus (Bartsch 262; Hollstein 310; Strauss 261; New Hollstein 329)
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December 8, 02:16 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
Hendrick Goltzius, after Cornelis van Haarlem
1558 - 1617
The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus (Bartsch 262; Hollstein 310; Strauss 261; New Hollstein 329)
Engraving, 1588, a fine, black impression of the third state (of four), on laid paper without watermark, unframed
sheet: 252 by 315mm 9⅞ by 12½in
Ex coll. Dukes of Arenberg, Brussels and Nord-Kirchen (L. 567); Count Clemens Wensceslas de Renesse-Breidbach (L. 1209)
This dramatic composition by Goltzius is after Cornelis van Haarlem's painting housed at the National Gallery, London (NG1893).
