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HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
Landscape withTrees and a Shepherd Couple
.
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in dark
green, light olive green and black on
cream laid paper, circa 1597-1600.
113x147 mm; 4
1
/
2
x5
3
/
4
inches. Second
state (of 2). Small fleur-de-lys with
pendant letter R watermark. Trimmed
on the black border line with most of the
border line preserved all around. A
superb impression of this extremely
scarce woodcut, with strong colors and
with relief from the wood block showing
on the verso.
We have found only 8 other impressions
at auction in the past 25 years. Bartsch
243; Hollstein 379; Bialler 50.
[10,000/15,000]
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