Live auction - Lot 108
[German]
Holy Family with St Anna and an angel.
Hammer price: €
180
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
Engraving, 23,5 x 13,3 cm, laid paper, text in lower margin: "IESVS. MARIA. ANNA." (laid down on wove paper, possibly address cut at bottom, few brown stains).
Good impression.
Rare unknown copy after the often-copied engraving by Aegidius Sadeler from ca. 1600 after a painting by Hans von Aachen (cf. New Hollstein German (Hans von Aachen) 37). This anonymous print by a German or Flemish engraver has only one angel (instead of two) and the Holy Spirit added in the clouds above.
Ref. Not in New Hollstein German (Hans von Aachen).