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A GROUP OF BRITISH MUSEUM DUPLICATES FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN ENGLISH CONNOISSEUR
JAN THEODOR DE BRY (1561-1623) AFTER HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
A Procession of Soldiers
Details
JAN THEODOR DE BRY (1561-1623) AFTER HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
A Procession of Soldiers
engraving, circa 1580-1600, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression, trimmed on or just outside the borderline, lacking the text below
Sheet 54 x 279 mm.
A Procession of Soldiers
engraving, circa 1580-1600, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression, trimmed on or just outside the borderline, lacking the text below
Sheet 54 x 279 mm.
Provenance
Collection Brentano-Birckenstock, Vienna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); probably Johann Melchior von Birckenstock (1738-1809), Vienna; then by descent to his daughter Antonie Brentano, née Birckenstock (1780-1869); presumably her posthumous sale, Prestel, Frankfurt am Main, 16 May 1870 (and following days).
British Museum, London (Lugt 302), with the stamped acquisition date 1870⁄6/25; with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305), initialled by John Kendall Rowlands, Keeper of Prints & Drawings, 1981-91.
Acquired in exchange from the above by the present owner.
British Museum, London (Lugt 302), with the stamped acquisition date 1870⁄6/25; with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305), initialled by John Kendall Rowlands, Keeper of Prints & Drawings, 1981-91.
Acquired in exchange from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Hollstein 28
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