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DANIEL HOPFER (CIRCA 1470-1536)
Three old Women beating a Devil ('GIB FRID'')
etching, circa 1510-20, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression of the second, final state, with the number of the Nuremberg publisher David Funck, printed in the 17th century, with margins, in very good condition
Plate 226 x 156 mm. , Sheet 248 x 172 mm.

Provenance:
E. Fabricius (died circa 1920), Berlin (Lugt 847a & ter)

References:
Bartsch 71
Hollstein 80

Please note this lot is the property of a private collector.
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The German inscription on the banderole, "GIB FRID" means 'give peace', but it is ambiguous whether it is the women shouting at the devil or the devil begging to be left alone.

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