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DIRK JACOBSZ. VELLERT (ACTIVE 1511-1547)
The Temptation of Christ
engraving and etching 1525, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of the extremely rare first state (of two), printing with great clarity and contrasts, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, in good condition
Sheet 113 x 76 mm.
Provenance
Probably Graf Moriz von Fries (1777-1826), Vienna (see Lugt 2903; without his mark), with the signature of his curator, Franz Rechberger (1771-1843), Vienna (Lugt 2133; partially erased); probably von Fries' sale, Vries, Brondgeest, Engelberts & Roos, Amsterdam, 21 June 1824 and following days.
R. Brisart, Ghent (not in Lugt); his sale, Verhulst, Ghent, 10 December 1849 and following days, Catalogue De La Magnifique Et Precieuse Collection De Livres, Manuscrits, Dessins Et Estampes Formant Le Cabinet De Mr. R. Brisart, lot 606 (as Thiery van Star; 'Provenant de la collection de Mr Rechberger, à Vienne').
Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn (1783-1861), The Hague and Brussels (Lugt 514; partially erased); his sale, E. Guichardot, Paris, 20 November 1865 and 3 following days, lot 3494 ('Très-belle épreuve. Cabinet Brisart') (Fr. 50; to Clement).
Ernst Friedrich Oppermann (1827-1887), Berlin (Lugt 887); his sale, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, 15 May 1882 and following days, lot 2439 (as Dirk van Staren; 'Ausgezeichneter Abdruck und sehr selten; Coll. Camberlyn') (Mk. 73)
Heinrich Buttstaedt (d. 1876 or before), Gotha and Berlin (Lugt 3722).
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
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