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The Adoration of the Magi, from the Life of the Virgin (B. 19; Holl. 13; Strauss 320)
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Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)
The Adoration of the Magi, from the Life of the Virgin (B. 19; Holl. 13; Strauss 320)
engraving, 1594, second state (of five) before the addition of the number lower left, watermark Initials FMO (cf. Heawood 3195), trimmed on or just outside the platemark on three sides, occasionally just inside the platemark at the upper sheet edge, a small, pale stain to the figure at the right, a central horizontal crease, visible mainly on the reverse, the number '5' added in pen and ink at the lower right corner, otherwise generally in very good condition; and two others from the same series, The Adoration of the Shepherds (B. 17; Holl. 11; S. 319) and The Holy Family (B. 20; Holl. 14; S. 317), each third state (of five), generally in good condition
P., S. 480 x 357mm. (3)
The Adoration of the Magi, from the Life of the Virgin (B. 19; Holl. 13; Strauss 320)
engraving, 1594, second state (of five) before the addition of the number lower left, watermark Initials FMO (cf. Heawood 3195), trimmed on or just outside the platemark on three sides, occasionally just inside the platemark at the upper sheet edge, a small, pale stain to the figure at the right, a central horizontal crease, visible mainly on the reverse, the number '5' added in pen and ink at the lower right corner, otherwise generally in very good condition; and two others from the same series, The Adoration of the Shepherds (B. 17; Holl. 11; S. 319) and The Holy Family (B. 20; Holl. 14; S. 317), each third state (of five), generally in good condition
P., S. 480 x 357mm. (3)
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