JACOB MATHAM (1571-1631)
JACOB MATHAM (1571-1631)

Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius

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JACOB MATHAM (1571-1631)
Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius
engraving
1618
on laid paper, watermark Arms of Württemberg (similar to Laurentius 220, Amsterdam, 1618)
a very fine and early impression of the first state (of five)
printing sharply, with great depth and fine wiping marks
with thread margins or trimmed to the platemark
a fold at upper left
otherwise in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 215 x 131 mm.
Provenance
Ducs d'Arenberg, Brussels and Nordkirchen, Westphalia (Lugt 567); probably their sale, Christie's, London, 14 July 1902 (and following days), as part of lot 363 (£ 7; to Meder).
Presumably with Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin (acquired through Louis Meder).
Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924), London, Vienna & Berlin (Lugt 654), probably acquired from the above; his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 22-26 November 1920, lot 1271 ('Ausgezeichneter Abdruck des sehr seltenen ersten Zustandes, vor den Überarbeitungen des Hintergrundes, vor den Versen und vor excud, mit der Jahreszahl 1618 rechts unten. Aus Sammlung Arenberg').
Literature
New Hollstein 242

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