Live auction - Lot 51
[Dutch]
Allegory of the victory of the Netherlands under the leadership of William III.
1674
Hammer price: €
370
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Etching, 68,6 x 46,0 cm, laid paper, signed "Ger. Laires Fecit.", Dutch text (trimmed inside platemark, horizontal fold at bottom, sm. tear, few sm. tears strengthened).
Loose under passe-partout. Good impression.
Large composition with Jupiter, Mercury and the Dutch virgin pointing to Apollo & Daphne and Neptune & Coronis. Below the Dutch lion chasing away the French rooster and the English dog. 2nd state with text.
Ref. Hollstein X.17.71-73. - Roy G. 72.