Lot 19
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677)
Dark Fur Double-Muff with black Half-Mask
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677)
Dark Fur Double-Muff with black Half-Mask
Etching, circa 1642, a delicate well inked impression of this scarce small print, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 58 x 89 mm (2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, minor surface dirt and light spotting (unframed)
Provenance:
Christopher Mendez, London
Literature:
Pennington 1949; New Hollstein 384
Richard Godfrey, Wenceslaus Hollar: A Bohemian Artist in England, New Haven & London, 1994, no. 92E (another impression illustrated)
Description
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677)
Dark Fur Double-Muff with black Half-Mask
Etching, circa 1642, a delicate well inked impression of this scarce small print, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 58 x 89 mm (2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, minor surface dirt and light spotting (unframed)
Provenance:
Christopher Mendez, London
Literature:
Pennington 1949; New Hollstein 384
Richard Godfrey, Wenceslaus Hollar: A Bohemian Artist in England, New Haven & London, 1994, no. 92E (another impression illustrated)