Nov 06, 2012 - Sale 2292

Sale 2292 - Lot 106

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ESAIAS VAN DE VELDE
Six Peasants Gathered around a Barrel Butt.

Etching, circa 1615. 140x231 mm; 5 1/2x9 inches. Trimmed on or inside the plate mark, left edge, small restored loss upper right corner. A very good impression of this extremely scarce etching.

We have not found another impression at auction in the past 25 years. Hollstein 5; Keyes E 5.