Lot Essay
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The Seven Deadly Sins
Details
AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY PIETER VAN DER HEYDEN (1530-1572)
The Seven Deadly Sins
the complete set of seven engravings, 1558, on laid paper, three with watermark Dolphin, good but slightly later impressions, New Hollstein's first or only states, mainly trimmed to or slightly into the platemark, each with a flattened central vertical crease, all with some defects
Sheet: 224 x 295 mm. (and similar)
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The Seven Deadly Sins
the complete set of seven engravings, 1558, on laid paper, three with watermark Dolphin, good but slightly later impressions, New Hollstein's first or only states, mainly trimmed to or slightly into the platemark, each with a flattened central vertical crease, all with some defects
Sheet: 224 x 295 mm. (and similar)
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Provenance
Giancarlo Beltrame (1925-2011), Vicenza; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 125-131; Lari 120-126; New Hollstein 21-27