0756
Follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder
„Ice Skating before the Gate of Saint George, Antwerp“
copperplate engraving by Frans Huys (c. 1522 – Antwerp – 1562), trimmed to the border line, slightly brown stained in the upper half, framed
23.1 x 29.4 cm
inscribed in the plate on the lower margin: P. Breugel delineavit et pinxit ad vivum 1553. / Ioan Galle excudit. / K., and a poem; up in the sky three titles: LUBRICITAS VITAE HUMANAE. LA LUBRICITÉ DE LA VIE HUMAINE. DE SLIBBERACHTIGHEYT VAN’S MENSCHEN LEVEN; inscription on the roof of the Gate of Saint George: PORTA S. GEORGII ANTVERPIAE 1553
Provenance
private property, Austria
Literature
René van Bastelaer, Les estampes de Pieter Bruegel l’Ancien, 1908, no. 205, second state
Estimate: € 1.500 - 3.000
Result: € 3.840 (incl. fees)
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