Lot 66
66
JOANNES VAN DOETECUM THE ELDER (ACTIVE 1554- CIRCA 1600) AND LUCAS VAN DOETECUM (ACTIVE 1554- D. BEFORE 1584) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
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JOANNES VAN DOETECUM THE ELDER (ACTIVE 1554- CIRCA 1600) AND LUCAS VAN DOETECUM (ACTIVE 1554- D. BEFORE 1584) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)

Alpine Landscape with a deep Valley

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JOANNES VAN DOETECUM THE ELDER (ACTIVE 1554- CIRCA 1600) AND LUCAS VAN DOETECUM (ACTIVE 1554- D. BEFORE 1584) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
Alpine Landscape with a deep Valley
etching with engraving, circa 1555-57, on laid paper, watermark Small Shield with three Fleur-de-Lys, surmounted by Flower, Letters NIVELLE (similar to Briquet 1837), a fine impression of the only state, published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, trimmed mostly outside the borderline
Sheet 325 x 430 mm.
Literature
Bastelaer 9; Hollstein 6; Lari 8; New Hollstein (Bruegel) 52; New Hollstein (Doetecum) 13
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 2d.
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Lot Essay

Maarten Bassens, who is currently preparing a new catalogue raisonné of prints after Bruegel, considers this an impression of the first state (of two).
We are grateful to Mr Bassens for this information, prior to publication.

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