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Lot 125: MULLER, Harmen Jansz. After Gerard van Groeningen - The wise and foolish virgins.

Est: €200 EUR - €300 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumDecember 10, 2020

Item Overview

Description

4 engravings, 21 x 26 cm, laid paper with watermark (Gothic P with trefoil, Briquet: 8616), signed in the plate "HMuller fecit" (some lesser inking of the plate at plate edges of pl. 1). - Complete series of the story of "The wise and Foolish Virgins". Ten virgins are waiting at night for their grooms to come; five are diligently working and keeping the flame burning, the other five are neglecting their lamp while making music or dancing. Only the good virgins were able to meet their groom, who symbolised Christ. With two lines of engr. Latin text at lower margin. Good impressions with wide margins of the 1st state (of 3). - Ref. New Hollstein (The Muller dynasty), 45-48.1.

Artist or Maker

Date

1565-1572

Condition Report

Mounted in pairs under two passe-partout.

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Auction Details

D1 - Dessins et estampes

by
Arenberg Auctions
December 10, 2020, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

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