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GIOVANNI BATTISTA FONTANA (1524-1587) AFTER DIRCK VOLKERTSZ. COORNHERT (1522-1590) AFTER MAARTEN VAN HEEMSKERCK (1498-1574)
Heraclitus and Democritus
etching, circa 1557-1565, on laid paper, watermark Pilgrim in a Circle surmounted by a Star (Woodward 22, circa 1561), a fine impression of this rare etching, printing with wiping marks and a light plate tone, the guidelines still printing clearly
Plate 249 x 390 mm.
Sheeet 255 x 400 mm.
Provenance
With C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf.
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired from the above on 18 April 2000.
Literature
Bartsch 51; New Hollstein 475 (copy b after Heemskerck)
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