Lot Essay
The preparatory drawing for this print, in pen and grey-brown ink, 1557, is in the Kunstmuseum in Basel (inv. no. 2012.5021).
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Envy (Invidia), from: The Seven Deadly Sins
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PIETER VAN DER HEYDEN (CIRCA 1530-1572) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
Envy (Invidia), from: The Seven Deadly Sins
engraving, circa 1558, on laid paper, watermark Hand, a good impression of first state (of two), printing with a light plate tone, with thread to narrow margins at right and below, trimmed to or just inside the platemark elsewhere, in very good condition
Plate 226 x 294 mm.
Sheet 227 x 296 mm.
Envy (Invidia), from: The Seven Deadly Sins
engraving, circa 1558, on laid paper, watermark Hand, a good impression of first state (of two), printing with a light plate tone, with thread to narrow margins at right and below, trimmed to or just inside the platemark elsewhere, in very good condition
Plate 226 x 294 mm.
Sheet 227 x 296 mm.
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 130; Lari 125; New Hollstein (Bruegel) 26
J. van Grieken, G. Luijten, J. van der Stock, Hieronymus Cock - The Renaissance in Print, New Haven & London, 2013, no. 53.6.
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 11g.
J. van Grieken, G. Luijten, J. van der Stock, Hieronymus Cock - The Renaissance in Print, New Haven & London, 2013, no. 53.6.
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 11g.
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