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84 ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT
Juno
.
Etching, circa 1600. 143x114 mm; 5
5
/
8
x4
1
/
2
inches, thread margins. Second state (of 2),
with the address of Bolswert. A very good,
dark and well-inked impression of this
extremely scarce Mannerist print.Hollstein 4.
[1,200/1,800]
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JUSEPE DE RIBERA
Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last
Judgment.
Etching, 1621. 315x237 mm; 12
3
/
8
x9
3
/
8
inches.
First state (of 5). Ex-collection unidentified
collector (Lugt 961, lower left recto). A
brilliant,richly-inked,early impression with all
the fine details distinct and with very strong
contrasts. With narrow to thread margins
outside the border line.
St. Jerome was the favorite subject of Ribera
(1591-1652) who was born near Valencia,
Spain, but produced most of his mature
work, from the 1620s onward, in and around
Naples (which was then part of the Spanish
Empire). Bartsch 4.
[2,000/3,000]
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