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Tantalus, from: The Four Disgracers
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Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)
Tantalus, from: The Four Disgracers
engraving, 1588, on laid paper, with watermark Shield with Fleur-de-Lys and Letters WR, a fine impression of the first state (of three), trimmed inside the platemark but outside the subject and text, a flattened horizontal central crease with an associated short tear at the left edge and a small made-up area at the upper right of the text border, otherwise in good condition
S. 330 mm. (diameter)
Tantalus, from: The Four Disgracers
engraving, 1588, on laid paper, with watermark Shield with Fleur-de-Lys and Letters WR, a fine impression of the first state (of three), trimmed inside the platemark but outside the subject and text, a flattened horizontal central crease with an associated short tear at the left edge and a small made-up area at the upper right of the text border, otherwise in good condition
S. 330 mm. (diameter)
Provenance
R. Johannes Meyer (1882-1967), Hamburg; then by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Bartsch 258; Hollstein 306; Strauss 257
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Charlie Scott