Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery (Bast., Holl. 111; Lari 107)
Details
After Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery (Bast., Holl. 111; Lari 107)
engraving, 1579, second state (of three), before Visscher's address, a fine impression, with narrow margins almost all round, trimmed on or fractionally inside the platemark lower right, a central vertical fold visible on the reverse, a very short repaired tear at the upper edge, one or two repairs at the lower edge, other minor defects, P. 167 x 240mm.; and Un Cavalier Hongrois, by S. della Bella (De V., M.277), etching, from the set of eleven (2)
Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery (Bast., Holl. 111; Lari 107)
engraving, 1579, second state (of three), before Visscher's address, a fine impression, with narrow margins almost all round, trimmed on or fractionally inside the platemark lower right, a central vertical fold visible on the reverse, a very short repaired tear at the upper edge, one or two repairs at the lower edge, other minor defects, P. 167 x 240mm.; and Un Cavalier Hongrois, by S. della Bella (De V., M.277), etching, from the set of eleven (2)
Provenance
Brueghel, John Cantacuzene(?), encircled initials JC, verso (not in Lugt)