Sichem (Christoffel van, I) Judith with the Head of Holophernes, woodcut

Sichem (Christoffel van, 1546-1624). Judith with the Head of Holophernes after Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), woodcut, a very good impression on fine laid paper, trimmed to the borderline, window mounted, in very good condition, sheet size 133 x 101mm (5 ¼ x 4 ins), framed and glazed, together with Leyden (Lucas van, 1494-1533). The Creation of Eve, 1529, engraving on laid paper, a good but later impression, trimmed to the subject, laid to the mount in places, losses at three corners, tiny losses at the left and right sheet edges, traces of pen and ink at the upper and lower sheet edges, sheet size 16.4 x 11.7 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins), framed and glazed (30.3 x 25 cm), plus Boissard (Jean Jacques,1528-1602). Skanderbeg (from Vitae et Icones Sultanorum Turcicorum, Principum Persarum...ad Mahmonetem II), 1596, engraving on fine laid paper, with a partial Eagle watermark, collector's mark of Thomas Kirk to verso (Lugt 1623), trimmed to or on the platemark, in good condition, 15.6 x 13.3 cm (6 1/8 x 5 x 1/4 ins) framed and glazed, 24.5 x 22 cm

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Provenance: Estate of Michael Jaffe (1923-1997), art historian and former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Hollstein 131 (van Sichem); Hollstein X,1 (van Leyden); Blackmer 159 (Vitae et Icones Sultanorum Turcicorum, Principum Persarum, 1596).