Nov 04, 2004 - Sale 2020

Sale 2020 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 3,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
PIETER BRUEGEL (after)
The Fight of the Moneybags and Strongboxes.

Engraving, circa 1556. 236x312 mm; 91/4x121/4 inches, small margins. First state (of 3). Crowned coat-of-arms (?) watermark with the letter N and the number 4 countermark. Engraved by Pieter van der Heyden. Published by Hieronymus Cock. A very good, dark and evenly printed impression with strong contrasts. Hollstein 146; Bastelaer 146; Lebeer 54.