Lot 240: FRANS HUYS (CIRCA 1522-1562) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER Naval Battle in the Straits of Messina Sheet 433 x 716 mm.

FRANS HUYS (CIRCA 1522-1562) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
Naval Battle in the Straits of Messina
engraving and etching, 1561, on two joined sheets of laid paper, watermark Small Shield with Three Fleurs-de-lys with Pendant Letters (similar to Briquet 1839, circa 1569), a fine, early impression of this large, rare print, New Hollstein's second state (of five), with the address of Hieronymus Cock, printing with guidelines on the cartouche, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, laid down onto a thin Japan paper support, a large paper loss at upper right sheet edge, backed and made-up with pen and ink, several repaired tears and splits and other smaller defects
Sheet 433 x 716 mm.

Bassenge, Berlin, 2 December 1994, lot 5084.