AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER | The Dirty Bride or the Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa (Bastelaer, Hollstein 216; New Hollstein 45)

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8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

After Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Dirty Bride or the Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa (Bastelaer, Hollstein 216; New Hollstein 45)
sheet: 213 by 291mm 8 3/8 by 11 1/2 in

Engraving, 1570, a superb impression of New Hollstein's first state (of four), printing with a rich veil of tone and many vertical wiping marks, unframed

Provenance

Ex collection P. de Ramaix (Lugt 4099)