Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3338B
Location: Boston
Date / Time: January 23, 2020 6:00PM
Description:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677), After Count Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583-1648), After Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578-1610)
Young Boy Mocking Ceres, 1646 (Parthey, 273). Identified in the plate, collector's mark (see below) to verso. Etching on laid paper, plate size 11 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (30.1 x 22.9 cm), matted, unframed.
Condition: Margins approximately 1/4 inch, horizontal crease, repair just into image along left margin, old hinges to verso, soiling and pencil annotations to verso.
Provenance: Ex-collection of Fritz Rumpf (German, 1856-1927) according to collector's mark on verso (Lugt, 2161).
Estimate $200-300
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