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GIOVANNI PIETRO POSSENTI (1618-1659)
Hercules and Antaeus
etching, circa1638-59, on laid paper, watermark Goose in a Circle, a good impression of this very rare print
Plate & Sheet 192 x 129 mm.
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1999, lot 43.
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Bartsch XI.185.3; Hollstein (German) 6
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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Hollstein records only three impression of this print in public collections, two in Munich and one at Princeton. Another impression is at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

For another etching by this artist, please see lot 116.

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