Lot Essay
This lot also includes: The Angel departing from the Family of Tobias (B. 43; New Holl. 189), etching and drypoint, 1641, on wove paper, a good but late impression of New Hollstein's eighth state (of nine); The Virgin and the Child with the Cat and Snake (B. 63; New Holl. 278), etching and engraving, 1654, on laid paper, without watermark, a slightly later impression of New Hollstein's third state (of four); The Adoration of the Shepherds with the Lamp (B. 45; New Holl. 279), etching, circa 1654, on thin laid paper, without waternark, a good but later impression of New Hollstein's third, final state; and The Circumcision in the Stable (B. 47; New Holl. 280) etching, 1654, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but later impression of New Hollstein's fourth state (of five)