HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1616)

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HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1616)

The Visitation; and The Circumcision, from The Life of the Virgin (B. 10, 18; H. 10, 12; S. 318, 322)

engravings, 1593-4, on laid paper, watermark Large Coat-of-Arms and Strasburg Lily respectively, third states (of five), B. 16 a fine impression, trimmed inside the platemark, with central horizontal folds, some surface soiling on the reverse mostly at the sheet edges, B. 18 a very good impression, with small margins, a small repaired tear at the top edge, a few tiny repairs at the bottom sheet edge
both P. 18 3/4 x 13 7/8in. (475 x 352mm.) (2)
Provenance
B. 16, P. Mariette, 1670 (L. 1790)