HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)
Oceanus (Neptune)
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, ochre and brown, circa 1588-1590, on laid paper, with an indistinct, possibly Crown watermark, a good impression of Bialler's and New Hollstein's colour variant d, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, the sheet backed, a long curved, repaired tear across the lower right, with the usual horizontal central fold, the fold split at left, a printer's crease at centre right
Block & Sheet 348 x 262 mm.
HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)
Oceanus (Neptune)
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, ochre and brown, circa 1588-1590, on laid paper, with an indistinct, possibly Crown watermark, a good impression of Bialler's and New Hollstein's colour variant d, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, the sheet backed, a long curved, repaired tear across the lower right, with the usual horizontal central fold, the fold split at left, a printer's crease at centre right
Block & Sheet 348 x 262 mm.