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Lot 21
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Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677

Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wenceslaus Hollar
  • muff and fur stole (pennington 1947)
  • 73 by 111mm; 2 2/8 by 4 1/4 in
  • 521 by 341mm; 20 1/2 by 13 7/16 in
Etching, 1645, a fine impression of the second (final) state after the plate was cut down, on paper with part of a Shield (?) watermark, with narrow margins, lower left corner restored, otherwise in good condition; and Jan Müller (1571-1628), the martyrdom of st. sebastian (the new holl. 23), engraving, circa 1600, after Hans von Aachen, a very good impression of the second state (of four), on paper with a Strasbourg Bend and Lily watermark, trimmed to borderline on three sides and within blank space below, a soft central horizontal fold, a circa 45mm repaired tear and small paper losses along edges of sheet, other minor defects

Provenance

P. 1947 ex coll. H. Weber (L.1383)