AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612)
The Alchemist
engraving, circa 1558, on laid paper, watermark Bunch of Grapes with Letters (not in Briquet or Heawood), a fine, clear and warm impression of the first state (of three), printing with a light plate tone and many horizontal wiping marks in the lower border
Plate 339 x 449 mm.
Sheet 345 x 455 mm.
AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612)
The Alchemist
engraving, circa 1558, on laid paper, watermark Bunch of Grapes with Letters (not in Briquet or Heawood), a fine, clear and warm impression of the first state (of three), printing with a light plate tone and many horizontal wiping marks in the lower border
Plate 339 x 449 mm.
Sheet 345 x 455 mm.