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Spes, from: The Seven Virtues
Details
After Pieter Bruegel the elder by Philips Galle (circa 1537-1612)
Spes, from: The Seven Virtues
engraving, 1559, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline on three sides, the lower sheet edge re-margined, the left side of the sheet torn and skilfully re-attached, another repair in the prisoners at left, with touches of pen and ink in places, other smaller defects, framed
P., S. 221 x 292 mm.
Spes, from: The Seven Virtues
engraving, 1559, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression, trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline on three sides, the lower sheet edge re-margined, the left side of the sheet torn and skilfully re-attached, another repair in the prisoners at left, with touches of pen and ink in places, other smaller defects, framed
P., S. 221 x 292 mm.
Provenance
Albert van Loock (b. 1917), Brussels, his collector's mark verso. (L. 3751)
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 133; Lari 128; New Hollstein 310
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