Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30-1569), engraved by Philips Galle (1537-1612)
Spes, from a series of the Seven Virtues, c. 1559-60
Engraving
22.2 x 28.8 cm (plate); 22.5 x 29.6 cm (sheet)
Signed in the image, lower left: "BRVEGEL .INV"; with the title lower middle: "SPES"; with the address of the publisher, lower right corner: "H. cock excu". Two lines of Latin verses in the lower margin: "IVCVNDISSIMA EST … VITAE IMPRIMIS / NECESSARIA, INTER … PENEQ[UE] INTOLERABLILES".
Reserved
Watermark: Crowned Basilisk (not in Briquet) Literature: Van Bastelaer 133; Lebeer 32; NHD (Philips Galle) 310, only state; NHD (Bruegel) 14, only state; Orenstein 2001, 70-71; Bassen-Van Grieken 2019, 13a...
Watermark: Crowned Basilisk (not in Briquet)
Literature: Van Bastelaer 133; Lebeer 32; NHD (Philips Galle) 310, only state; NHD (Bruegel) 14, only state; Orenstein 2001, 70-71; Bassen-Van Grieken 2019, 13a
Superb impression, impeccable.
Literature: Van Bastelaer 133; Lebeer 32; NHD (Philips Galle) 310, only state; NHD (Bruegel) 14, only state; Orenstein 2001, 70-71; Bassen-Van Grieken 2019, 13a
Superb impression, impeccable.
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