GIOVANNI PIETRO POSSENTI (1618-1659)
Lot 112PROPERTY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR ERIC STANLEY

GIOVANNI PIETRO POSSENTI (1618-1659)

Hercules and Antaeus

Closed28 January 2021

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GIOVANNI PIETRO POSSENTI (1618-1659)
Hercules and Antaeus
etching, circa 1638-59, on laid paper, watermark Goose in a Circle, a good impression of this very rare print
Plate & Sheet 192 x 129 mm.

Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1999, lot 43.
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired at the above sale.

Specialist note

Hollstein records only three impression of this print in public collections, two in Munich and one at Princeton. Another impression is at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

For another etching by this artist, please see lot 116.