Live auction - Lot 82
[Devotion]
Collection of 55 devotional prints of the Virgin.
16th-18th c
Hammer price: €
600
€ 80 / 100
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Lot description
Engravings, various dimensions, laid and wove paper, good condition.
All later impressions. Loose in modern wrapper.
Interesting collection of biblical scenes and places of pilgrimage and worship related to Mary, including Bruges, Cambrai, Duffel, Halle, Handel, Kevelaer, Lier, Mechelen, Scherpenheuvel and Verviers. Engravings by Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619), Antonius Wierix II (1555-1604), Cornelis Galle (1576-1650), Theodoor van Merlen (1604-1659), Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Susanna Verbruggen (1684-1752), Charles Neel (18th c.), Barbé, F. Huberti, H. Leys, J. de Wit and anonymous engravers. Some plates printed in the early 20th century by the Antwerpsche Sanctjeskring.