The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa
Details
After Pieter Bruegel the Elder by Pieter van der Heyden
The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa
engraving, 1570, on stiff wove paper, watermark Small Shield under Coronet, a very fine, rich impression of this rare print, first state (of four), printing with a light tone and fine vertical wiping marks, with 12-15 mm. margins, the sheet backed with another sheet of early laid paper, in very good condition
P. 222 x 290 mm., S. 249 x 315 mm.
The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa
engraving, 1570, on stiff wove paper, watermark Small Shield under Coronet, a very fine, rich impression of this rare print, first state (of four), printing with a light tone and fine vertical wiping marks, with 12-15 mm. margins, the sheet backed with another sheet of early laid paper, in very good condition
P. 222 x 290 mm., S. 249 x 315 mm.
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 216; Lari 168; New Hollstein 45
Sale room notice
Please note that the sheet is backed with another layer of early laid paper.
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