ID 1250695
Lot 68 | PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
engraving
circa 1560
on laid paper, watermark Jug
a very fine, strong impression
printing richly and with great contrasts
with small margins
generally in good condition
Plate 224 x 295 mm.
Sheet 232 x 300 mm.
Provenance
With Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles.
Private Collection, Los Angeles; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
New Hollstein 4 (Bruegel); New Hollstein 147 (Galle)
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 27.
| Artist: | Philips Galle (1537 - 1612) Pieter Bruegel I (1525 - 1569) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe |
| Artist: | Philips Galle (1537 - 1612) Pieter Bruegel I (1525 - 1569) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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