Live auction - Lot 341
[Italian]
The months.
Rome, Nicolaes Van Aelst, ca. 1580
€ 400 / 700
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Lot description
12 etchings, 12,5 x 18 cm (platemark), laid paper, signed on first plate "Ant. Temp. fecit / Nicolo Van Aelst formis".
Paper boards with bookbinder's stamp (Il Polifilo).
Rare series of the 12 months, all composed as Roman city views or landscapes, with activities related to the Zodiac and the time of the year. Published in Rome by the Antwerp print publisher Van Aelst.
Ref. Bartsch XV: 1346-57.