Oct 29, 2014 - Sale 2363

Sale 2363 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 40,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
JACQUES BELLANGE
Three Holy Women.

Etching and engraving, circa 1610. 300x197 mm; 12x7 3/4 inches, wide margins. Bunch of grapes with a curving stalk watermark (Griffiths/Hartley 11, which they cite for this print). A brilliant, dark and early impression of this extremely scarce print, with all the fine details, including the dot-manner shading, distinct.

Griffiths/Hartley list 7 impressions in public collections. We have found only 6 other impressions at auction in the past 25 years. Griffiths/Hartley 13.