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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY FRANS HUYS (CIRCA 1522-1562)
Armed Three-Master on the open Sea, accompanied by a Galley
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AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY FRANS HUYS (CIRCA 1522-1562)
Armed Three-Master on the open Sea, accompanied by a Galley
engraving, circa 1560-62, on laid paper, watermark Small Coat of Arms surmounted by a Coronet, a very good impression of New Hollstein's second state (of three), with margins above and below, a thread margin at right and trimmed to the subject at left, some pale foxing, window-mounted, framed
Plate 312 x 243 mm., S. 326 x 244 mm.
Armed Three-Master on the open Sea, accompanied by a Galley
engraving, circa 1560-62, on laid paper, watermark Small Coat of Arms surmounted by a Coronet, a very good impression of New Hollstein's second state (of three), with margins above and below, a thread margin at right and trimmed to the subject at left, some pale foxing, window-mounted, framed
Plate 312 x 243 mm., S. 326 x 244 mm.
Provenance
William Joseph Sterling of Keir (1911-1983), Dunblane, Scotland; Christie's, New York, 14 May 1991, lot 18 ($ 6,600).
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 100; Lari 97; New Hollstein 64