Nov 03, 2005 - Sale 2055

Sale 2055 - Lot 35

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
JACQUES BELLANGE
The Raising of Lazarus.

Etching, circa 1630. 445x307 mm; 171/2x121/8 inches. Grapes with the name Colonbier watermark (Griffiths/Hartley 15-16, which they cite for this print). Trimmed on the plate mark 3 sides, the blank lower margin trimmed (as is the impression illustrated in Griffiths Hartley); several expertly repaired tears, visible mainly only on the verso. A very good impression of this extremely scarce print.

We have found only 5 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Griffiths/Hartley 16.