Hendrick Goltzius 1558 Brüggen – Haarlem 1617 Landscape with the Building of the Tower of Babel by Nimrod

Copper engraving on laid paper with watermark “Strasbourg lily coat of arms with pendant WR”. (1589). 25.6 x 19.9 cm (sheet size).

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Prints

Details

Hollstein 18 I (von II), Leesberg (New Hollstein) 32 I (von II).

Provenienz:
Sammlung Heinrich Brockhaus (1804-1874), Leipzig, seitdem in Familienbesitz.

Description

Quite excellent, deep black and rich in contrasts early impression, before the address of Symon Kloeting upper right. Trimmed close to the borderlines. – Slightly stained, a small paper loss at upper left, otherwise a fine copy. Rare!