Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

66 c PHILIPPE DE SOYE (after Michelangelo) The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist . Engraving, 1565. 400x280 mm; 16x11 inches, thread margins. Second state (of 2), with the address of Lafreri. Pilgrim in a coat-of-arms watermark. A very good, richly-inked impression, with strong contrasts. Philippe de Soye, who was active as an engraver during the 1560s-70s, came from what is now part of southern Belgium. He was in Rome from 1565 to 1572, where he worked with Cornelis Cort. This engraving was based on a design by Michelangelo, now known through a red chalk study in the Portland Collection, Nottinghamshire. Hollstein 5. [1,200/1,800]