May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 7,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan.

Engraving, 1585. 407x305 mm; 16 1/4x12 inches. First state (of 3), before the address of Visscher. Strasburg Lily watermark. With thread margins or trimmed on the thin black border line. A brilliant, richly-inked, early impression of this scarce, important engraving, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bartsch 139; Hollstein 137.