ID 1303460
Lot 17 | CHRISTOFFEL JEGHER (1596-1653) AFTER PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
The Garden of Love
the pair of woodcuts
circa 1633-35
on two sheets of laid paper, watermark Coat of Arms with countermark Name IPOYLEVE (similar to Heawood 628)
a very fine, early and uniform example of this rare, monumental pair of prints
second state (of three) and only state, respectively
printing very darkly and richly, slight dryly in places
with great clarity, contrasts and cosiderable gaufrage verso
both with margins on all sides
two repaired tears in the right sheet
otherwise in good condition
Block: 18 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (460 x 588 mm.), Sheet: 19 ¼ x 25 3/8 in. (490 x 644 mm.) (and similar)
Overall: 49 ¼ x 19 5/16 in. (490 x 1251 mm.)
Provenance
Julius Samuel Held (1905-2002), Mosbach, New York and Bennington, Vermont (without mark, see Lugt 4805); his posthumous sale, The Scholar's Eye: Property from the Julius Held Collection Part II, Christie's, New York, 30 January 2009, lot 272.
With Hill-Stone Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, Detroit; acquired from the above in 2010; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Hollstein 17 a & b
| Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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