Nov 01, 2018 - Sale 2491

Sale 2491 - Lot 57A

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (after)
Charity.

Engraving, 1559. 223x292 mm; 8 3/4x11 1/2 inches. Second state (of 2), with the imperfection in the plate printing as a small oval dot below the door of the prison upper left. Ex-collection Knoedler & Co., New York, with the original label. Trimmed on the plate mark, with a sliver of plate mark at the upper right corner. A very good, dark impression of this scarce engraving with strong contrasts. Hollstein 134; Bastelaer 134; Lebeer 33.