May 01, 2003 - Sale 1969

Sale 1969 - Lot 175

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
CLAUDE GELLÉE, LE LORRAIN
Berger et bergère conversant.

Etching, circa 1651. 201x264 mm; 8x103/8 inches, full margins. Fifth state B (of 7). Partial double-headed eagle (?) watermark (not Mannocci 21, but also probably the first half of the 18th-century). Ex-collection unknown collector, with their inscription "No. 11" in ink, lower left recto (not in Lugt). A superb, evenly printed impression with strong contrasts. Mannocci 41.