Nov 06, 2003 - Sale 1983

Sale 1983 - Lot 26

Unsold
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
HIERONYMUS BOSCH (after)
The Eaters of Sausage and Fat.

Engraving. 198x287 mm; 73/4x113/8 inches. First state (of 2), with the address of Hieronymus Cock. Eagle watermark. Ex-collection Wilhelm Koller (Lugt 2632, verso). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark but outside the border line, vertical and horizontal crease visible mainly on the verso. A superb, dark and evenly printed impression of this extremely scarce print.

We have not found another impression at auction in the past 20 years. Hollstein 45.