Jun 18, 2009 - Sale 2184

Sale 2184 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
JACQUES CALLOT
The Triumph of the Virgin (The Small Thesis).

Etching, 1625. 556x365 mm; 22x14 3/8 inches. Second state (of 2). Ex-collection Durazzo, according to a pencil inscription on the mount (not in Lugt); Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309, lower left recto) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Lugt 282). Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark, laid down. A very good impression of this large, scarce print with strong contrasts. Lieure 562.