Oct 26, 2011 - Sale 2258

Sale 2258 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
CLAUDE GELLÉE, LE LORRAIN
Le Pâtre et la bergère.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1630. 177x129 mm; 7 1/8x5 1/8 inches, full margins. First state (of 3). 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 very good, early impression, with the burr printing on the drypoint lines in the upper right and with strong plate tone. Mannocci 3.