The Wreck (Holl. 237 I)

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After Cornelis Cort (1525- before 1578)
The Wreck (Holl. 237 I)
etching, a very good impression of the first state (of two), with the address of Houfnaegel, with touches of burr and the guide lines very distinct, watermark Coat of Arms with Initials GA and number 4 (Briquet 9819, dated 1588), trimmed to or just outside the borderline, laid down on a sheet of 18th century paper, a small (2 x 2 mm.) paper loss at the upper right corner, another small paper loss with associated tear in the blank area below, a tiny skinned area (2 x 2 mm.) at the top of the large tree, otherwise in good condition
S. 268 x 336 mm.

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Lot Essay

This print was edited by Hoefnaegel together with The Shipwreck after C. Cort (Holl. 236) and two etchings after P. Brueghel the Elder, River Landscape with the Rape of Psyche by Mercury and River Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (Bast., Holl. 1-2). Please see lot 20 for one of the companion pieces after P. Brueghel.

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