Lot Essay
The preparatory drawing for this print, in pen and grey-brown ink, 1556, is in the The British Museum, London (inv. no. 1920-2-16-412).
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Avarice (Avaritia), from: The Seven Deadly Sins
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PIETER VAN DER HEYDEN (CIRCA 1530-1572) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
Avarice (Avaritia), from: The Seven Deadly Sins
engraving, 1558, on laid paper, watermark Gothic P with Flower, countermark Small Posthorn, a very good impression of the first state (of two), printing with a delicate plate tone, with narrow margins on three sides, trimmed to or just inside the platemark below, some creasing in the upper subject, the lower corner made up, otherwise in good condition
Plate 225 x 293 mm.
Sheet 225 x 295 mm.
Avarice (Avaritia), from: The Seven Deadly Sins
engraving, 1558, on laid paper, watermark Gothic P with Flower, countermark Small Posthorn, a very good impression of the first state (of two), printing with a delicate plate tone, with narrow margins on three sides, trimmed to or just inside the platemark below, some creasing in the upper subject, the lower corner made up, otherwise in good condition
Plate 225 x 293 mm.
Sheet 225 x 295 mm.
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 128; Lari 123; New Hollstein (Bruegel) 24
J. van Grieken, G. Luijten, J. van der Stock, Hieronymus Cock - The Renaissance in Print, New Haven & London, 2013, no. 53.2.
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 11d.
J. van Grieken, G. Luijten, J. van der Stock, Hieronymus Cock - The Renaissance in Print, New Haven & London, 2013, no. 53.2.
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 11d.
Special Notice
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