Nov 03, 2005 - Sale 2055

Sale 2055 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 11,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
JACQUES BELLANGE
Three Holy Women.

Etching and engraving, circa 1610. 300x197 mm; 12x73/4 inches. Bunch of grapes with a curving stalk (Griffiths/Hartley 11, which they cite for this print). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark, lacking the small, blank lower margin. A superb, dark and early impression of this extremely scarce print, with all the finest details, including the dot-manner shading, printing clearly.

Griffiths/Hartley list 7 impressions in public collections. We have found only 5 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Griffiths/Hartley 13.