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The Large Hercules
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HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)
The Large Hercules
engraving, 1589, on sturdy laid paper, watermark Coat-of-Arms with Three Compasses (Briquet 1164, dated 1575), a very fine impression of this rare, large print, first state (of two), trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, a few skilfully repaired paper splits along the usual horizontal central fold, some other unobtrusively repaired tears and paper splits
Sheet 563 x 405 mm.
The Large Hercules
engraving, 1589, on sturdy laid paper, watermark Coat-of-Arms with Three Compasses (Briquet 1164, dated 1575), a very fine impression of this rare, large print, first state (of two), trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, a few skilfully repaired paper splits along the usual horizontal central fold, some other unobtrusively repaired tears and paper splits
Sheet 563 x 405 mm.
Literature
Bartsch 142; Hollstein 143; Strauss 283; New Hollstein 156