PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
Faith ('Fides'), from: The Seven Virtues
engraving, 1559, on laid paper, watermark Hand with Letters surmounted by a Flower (this variant not in Briquet or Heawood), a fine impression of the first state (of two), published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, some tiny repairs, otherwise in very good condition
Sheet 222 x 289 mm.
PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
Faith ('Fides'), from: The Seven Virtues
engraving, 1559, on laid paper, watermark Hand with Letters surmounted by a Flower (this variant not in Briquet or Heawood), a fine impression of the first state (of two), published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, some tiny repairs, otherwise in very good condition
Sheet 222 x 289 mm.
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