Live auction - Lot 133
[Dutch]
The Five Senses.
Amsterdam, 1670-1713
€ 1.200 / 1.500
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Lot description
5 mezzotint engravings, 25 x 18,5 cm, laid paper, all signed at lower left "Pet. Schenk fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privil:"
Each under passe-partout.
Complete rare series of the Five Senses, with comical depictions of peasants and villagers in the tradition of Brouwer and Van Ostaede. Very clean impressions of the 2nd state (of 2) with engr. text in lower margin.
Ref. Hollstein XXV:383-387.