May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 9,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
PIETER BRUEGEL (after)
Spring.

Engraving, 1570. 227x287 mm; 9x11 1/4 inches, thread margins. First state (of 3), with the address of H. Cock lower right. Engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. Crossed arrows watermark (Briquet 6300). Ex-collection Gaston de Ramaix (Lugt 4099, verso). A superb, early impression of this very scarce engraving, with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Hollstein 200; Bastelaer 200; Lebeer 77.