Gheeraerts (Marcus, I). The Horse and the Ass & the Greedy bird-catcher, 1567

Gheeraerts (Marcus, I, 1516/21 - circa 1590). The Horse and the Ass, & The Greedy Bird-Catcher (from Aesop's Fables), 1567, two etchings on laid paper, both trimmed to plate margins, collector's mark to lower left corner of Polycarpe Charles Séchan (Lugt 3904), sheet size 93 x 108mm (3 3/4 x 4 1/4 ins) and 91 x 106mm (3 5/8 x 4 1/5 ins) respectively, each with 20th century card window mount and descriptive label attached from Kunsthandel Borzo, Verwersstraat 21, 'S-Hertogenbosch (circa 1960s), giving details of the published editions of Gheeraert's series of illustrations to Aesop's fables

(Qty: 2)

Provenance: Polycarpe Charles Séchan (1803-1874), with his collector's mark (Lugt 3904).

From the series of 108 illustrations for De Warachtighe Fabulen der Dieren, first published in 1567.