?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
GIOVANNI B. CASTIGLIONE Two Shepherds with a Herd (Pastoral Journey).
Etching and drypoint, circa 1638. 242x310 mm; 9 5/8x12 1/4 inches, narrow margins. Small bell with the letter R watermark. Ex-collection unknown collector, red ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). A superb, richly-inked and early impression of this very scarce etching, with burr and with crisp, partially inky plate edges.
We have found only 9 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 29; Percy 5.
