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Lot 8 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) by Frans Huys

Armed Four-Master Sailing towards a Port (Bartsch, Hollstein 99, Lari 96; New Hollstein 63)

Closed16 September 2009

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GBP 4,500

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After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) by Frans Huys
Armed Four-Master Sailing towards a Port (Bartsch, Hollstein 99, Lari 96; New Hollstein 63)
engraving, 1561-65, watermark Strasbourg Lily, a good impression of the third state (of four), with margins, with a 15 mm. tear at the right sheet edge at centre, some minor staining mainly at the upper corners, otherwise in good condition; with two others from the series: Armed Three-Master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky (Bast., Holl. 101; L. 98; N.H. 65), second state (of three), with margins, a large paper loss at the upper right corner, some stains and creases; and Armed Four-Master putting out to Sea (B., H. 102; L. 99; N.H. 66), some stains and creases, otherwise in good condition
P. 275 x 216 mm., S. 290 x 228 mm. (and similar) (3)