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Helios, from: The Deities
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HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)
Helios, from: The Deities
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, ochre and brown, circa 1588-90, watermark Three Crowns (Briquet 5097, dated Leiden circa 1591-1612), a good Bialler c impression, trimmed on or fractionally inside the borderline, a small paper split on Helios' right thigh, a few short tears at the edges, generally in good condition, framed
Sheet 347 x 261 mm.
Helios, from: The Deities
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, ochre and brown, circa 1588-90, watermark Three Crowns (Briquet 5097, dated Leiden circa 1591-1612), a good Bialler c impression, trimmed on or fractionally inside the borderline, a small paper split on Helios' right thigh, a few short tears at the edges, generally in good condition, framed
Sheet 347 x 261 mm.
Provenance
Earl Spencer (1708-1746), Althorp (Lugt 2341a).
Literature
Bartsch 234; Hollstein 371; Strauss 419; New Hollstein 299
N. Bialler, Chiaroscuro Woodcuts- Hendrick Goltzius and his Time, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (ex. cat.), 1993, no. 31 (another impression illustrated).
N. Bialler, Chiaroscuro Woodcuts- Hendrick Goltzius and his Time, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (ex. cat.), 1993, no. 31 (another impression illustrated).