Lot Essay
New Hollstein records only seven impressions of the first state in public collections and one of the second state (Brussels). The Metropolitan Museum also has an impression of the first state.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
PIETER VAN DER BORCHT I (1545-1608)
The great Village Wedding
Details
PIETER VAN DER BORCHT I (1545-1608)
The great Village Wedding
etching, 1560, on laid paper, watermark Post Horn in a Shield, a fine impression of the this rare print, New Hollstein’s first state (of two), published by Bartholomäus de Mompers, Antwerp, trimmed to or just outside the subject or borderline, some minor foxing, otherwise in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 363 x 505 mm.
The great Village Wedding
etching, 1560, on laid paper, watermark Post Horn in a Shield, a fine impression of the this rare print, New Hollstein’s first state (of two), published by Bartholomäus de Mompers, Antwerp, trimmed to or just outside the subject or borderline, some minor foxing, otherwise in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 363 x 505 mm.
Provenance
Fürstlich Waldburg-Wolfegg’sches Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 2542).
Christie’s, New York, 14 May 1991, lot 9.
Christie’s, New York, 14 May 1991, lot 9.
Literature
Hollstein 466; New Hollstein 172