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PRINTS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ
HENDRIK GOUDT (1585-1630) AFTER ADAM ELSHEIMER (1578-1610)
The Flight into Egypt
Details
HENDRIK GOUDT (1585-1630) AFTER ADAM ELSHEIMER (1578-1610)
The Flight into Egypt
engraving and etching
1613
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Bend and Lily (Laurentius 75, Heawood 141)
a brilliant, early impression of this rare and important print
with intense contrasts, great clarity and glittering light effects in the night sky and elsewhere
trimmed to or fractionally inside the subject, lacking the text border below
a few folds and other small defects
generally in good condition
Sheet 291 x 394 mm.
The Flight into Egypt
engraving and etching
1613
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Bend and Lily (Laurentius 75, Heawood 141)
a brilliant, early impression of this rare and important print
with intense contrasts, great clarity and glittering light effects in the night sky and elsewhere
trimmed to or fractionally inside the subject, lacking the text border below
a few folds and other small defects
generally in good condition
Sheet 291 x 394 mm.
Provenance
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
Literature
Hollstein 3;
See C. Ackley, Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt, Boston, 1981, no. 44 (another impression illustrated).
See C. Ackley, Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt, Boston, 1981, no. 44 (another impression illustrated).
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Stefano Franceschi
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