JAN HARMENSZ. MULLER (1571-1628) AFTER BARTHOLOMEUS SPRANGER (1546-1611)

Bacchus, Ceres and Venus

Details

JAN HARMENSZ. MULLER (1571-1628) AFTER BARTHOLOMEUS SPRANGER (1546-1611)
Bacchus, Ceres and Venus
engraving
circa 1597
on laid paper, watermark Single-headed Eagle with Basel Crozier (Hollstein Eagle 1; Briquet 1364)
a fine, early impression of the second state (of four)
with the guideline above Spranger's name still printing clearly
a small un-inked area between Venus and Cupid
trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline and text
generally in good condition
Sheet 503 x 352 mm.

Provenance

Unidentified, initial C in brown ink recto (not in Lugt).

Literature

Bartsch, New Hollstein 74

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Lot Essay

Hollstein records only two impressions in public collections of the first state, before any lettering (London and Vienna), and seven of the present second state (Amsterdam, Berlin, Brunswick, Dresden, Leiden, London and Vienna). The third state is already posthumous and bears the address of Danckerts.
The painting by Bartholomeus Spranger, which served as the model for this large engraving, is at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (inv. no. 2435).

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