HENDRICK GOLTZIUS | THE GREAT STANDARD-BEARER (B. 125; HOLL. 255; NEW HOLL. 288; S. 253)

Property from an Important London Collection
HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
1558 - 1617
THE GREAT STANDARD-BEARER (B. 125; HOLL. 255; NEW HOLL. 288; S. 253)

Engraving, 1587, a fine impression of the only state, printing with great contrasts and remarkable clarity, framed
plate: 117 by 75mm 4⅝ by 2⅞in
sheet: 122 by 81mm 4¾ by 3⅛in

Condition Report:
With thread margins, trimmed along the plate mark in places, in good condition, the left sheet edge thinned and skilfully backed with a thin sheet of laid paper, the lower left corner skilfully reattached and touched in with pen and ink, a tiny vertical split (measuring approx. 4mm) at centre along the upper sheet edge, framed.

(A faded illegible inscription in the lower borderline recto).

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Provenance:
Ex coll. Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (L. 971)