Apr 28, 2016 - Sale 2412

Sale 2412 - Lot 192

Price Realized: $ 27,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
The Great Hercules.

Engraving, 1589. 560x405 mm; 221/8x16 inches, narrow to thread margins. First state (of 2). Cornucopia watermark. A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this very scarce, large and important engraving.

We have found only 5 other first state impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 142; Hollstein 143.