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

77 c HENDRICK GOLTZIUS The Great Standard-Bearer . Engraving, 1587. 288x195 mm; 11 1 / 2 x7 3 / 4 inches. Strasburg Lily watermark. Trimmed on the plate mark, with thread margins outside the narrow black border line. A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this important engraving with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bartsch 125. [5,000/8,000] 78 c HENDRICK GOLTZIUS The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus . Engraving, 1588. 250x315 mm; 10x12 1 / 2 inches. First state (of 4). Strasburg Lily watermark. Trimmed on the plate mark. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this engraving. Bartsch 262. [5,000/8,000] 77