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CORNELIS GALLE I 1576 - 1650 Antwerp
 
CORNELIS GALLE I
1576 - 1650 Antwerp
  SOLD
Music party in the open air
 
Engraving.
Signed in the plate “Çornelius Galle
sculp.”GPetr invent.” And four lines of Latin verse. With a dedication to Hendrik Persijn by Philips Galle.
24.7 x 33.6 cm. with ample margin.
Hollstein 376.
 
Fine rather dark impression, a little irregular at the right. The platemark at the bottom strengthened.
Watermark: Letter, unclear. Maybe a countermark. Some yellowing around the image due to framing.
Very nice musical print. Rare.
It is supposed to be a pendant to another print after a design by Gerrit Pietersz; “Sinfulness of the mankind”.
 
 
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