Live auction - Lot 103
[Dutch]
The forging of heads.
DE BRY, Johann Theodoor. After Karel Van Mander
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
Johann Theodoor De Bry, 1592
Engraving, 8,1 x 10,5 cm, laid paper with watermark (similar to Briquet 197), wide margins, numbered 4 in plate, unsigned (sm. creases).
Under passe-partout.
This enigmatic print is part of the series "Emblemata Saecularia" (21 pl.), depicting an emblem on the stubbornness ("koppigheid") of men and the difficulty of changing people's minds. With Latin text in lower margin. 1st or 2nd state (of 5).
Ref. Hollstein IV:244.2.
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