Live auction - Lot 140
[Italian]
The dragon devouring the companions of Cadmus.
1606
Hammer price: €
110
€ 50 / 70
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Lot description
Etching, 10,5 x 12,0 cm, laid paper with partial watermark, Latin text, numb. 22 (right margin restored).
Good impression with wide margins.
N. 22 from Antonio Tempesta's (1555-1630) "Metamorphoses", published in Antwerp by Pieter de Jode I in 1606 and in Amsterdam by Willem Jansz. Blaeu c. 1640. One of the most entertaining compositions of the series.
Ref. New Hollstein (Pieter de Jode I) 713.