Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints
Catalogue Information: 414 lots | 328 with images
Lot 1: Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680)
The Family in a Room (Bartsch, Hollstein 4)etching, 1645, with an indistinct watermark, a good if slightly dry impression, trimmed slightly unevenly on or just inside the platemark, occasional foxing, a soft crease across the upper right corner, two [...more]
Lot 2: Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553)
Adam and Eve in Paradise (B., Holl. 1)woodcut, 1509, with an Armorial watermark (cf. Briquet 1347), trimmed to the border, a soft horizontal fold visible only on the reverse, otherwise in very good conditionB., S. 336 x 238 mm.
Lot 3: Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755-1832)
Annette et Lubin (Fenaille 22)etching and aquatint in colours, 1789, on laid paper, a fine early impression, the colours fresh, with wide margins, scattered foxing and minor surface dirt in the margins, a horizontal crease in the lower margin and a v [...more]
Lot 4: Jean-Louis Desprez (1743-1804) and Francesco Piranesi (1748-1810)
L'Exposition du Saint-Sacrament dans la Chapelle Pauline au Vatican (Wollin 2)etching with extensive hand-colouring in watercolour and gouache, circa 1785, on J Honig & Zoonen laid paper, a very good impression of this extremely rare print, with narr [...more]
Lot 5: Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
The Holy Family with a Butterfly (Bartsch 44; Meder, Hollstein 42)engraving, 1495, a good, strong Meder c impression, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, a tiny hole near the drapery at lower left, a small nick at the lower left sheet ed [...more]
