Hendrick Goltzius

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

Hendrick Goltzius
The Standard-Bearer, Facing Left; and The Roman Heroes (B., Holl. 217, 96-98, 100-102; Strauss 161, 231-233, 235-237)
Signed, in monogram HG. fecit
Engraving on heavy wove paper, laid down, with Crowned Coat of Arms with Fleur-de-Lis watermark

Engraving, circa 1582, a fine, black impression of the only state, on paper with a small Fleur de Lys (?) watermark; together with six engravings, 1586, from the set of ten, good, clear impressions of the second (final) states, each framed

Provenance

Ex coll. B. 217: Prentenkabinet der Rijks-Universiteit (Leiden) (L. 1665 and L. 700b); 's Rijks Prentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (L. 240) (superimposed on the latter the Initials 'Gee' in pen and ink (not in Lugt)

B. 96-98, 100-102: with St. Luke's Gallery, Washington DC, 2004