Apr 18, 2024 - Sale 2666

Sale 2666 - Lot 174

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
PIETRO TESTA
Prodigal Son Wasting his Substance * Return of the Prodigal Son.

Two etchings, circa 1645. Both approximately 207x298 mm; 8¼x12 inches, narrow to thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark. Both in the first state (of 2), before the publisher's address. One sheet with a coat-of-arms watermark; the other sheet with a posthorn in a shield watermark. Both very good impressions.

Provenance: (Return of the Prodigal Son) F. A. Maglin, Paris, with his inscription in ink verso (Lugt 177). Bartsch 6 and 8.