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PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
The Seven Virtues
the complete set of seven engravings
circa 1559-60
on laid paper, watermarks Letters SN with Flower (Briquet 9696), Crown or Gothic P
a composite yet uniform set
very good to fine impressions of the only state, Faith first state (of two), Justice second, final state
some with a light plate tone and guidelines in the text
with margins
generally in good condition
Plates 22,3 x 28,9 cm. (834 x 1138 in.) (and similar)
Sheets 24,1 x 30,6 cm. (912 x 12 in.) (and similar)
Provenance
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 17 June 1970, lots 25-26, 28-30. (NH 310-311, 313-315)
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 3-7 May 1976, lot 464. (NH 309)
Christie's, London, 28 June 1990, lot 47. (NH 312)
Acquired at the above sales; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
F. W. H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1949, vol III, nos 132-138, pp. 278-279 (other impressions ill.).
G. Lari, Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica de Brueghel, Milan, 1973, nos. 127-133, pp. 80-86 (other impressions ill.).
M. Sellink, M. Leesberg, The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Rotterdam, 2001, Philips Galle, vol II, nos. 309-315, pp. 266-274 (other impressions ill.).
M. Sellink, N. Orenstein, The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Rotterdam, 2001, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, nos. 13-19, pp. 32-45 (other impressions ill.).
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 13a-g, pp. 152-163 (other impressions ill.).
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