Lot #1674: WENCESLAUS HOLLAR - Aeneas Erects a Trophy of the Weapons of Mezentius - Etching with drypoint

 

Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian-English, 1607 - 1677).
Title: "Aeneas Erects a Trophy of the Weapons of Mezentius".
Medium: Etching with drypoint.
Date: Composed 1654. First edition, printed 1654.
Dimensions: Image size: 11 5/8 x 7 15/16 in. (295 x 202 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $80
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $150/200
Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate "W. Hollar fecit". Edition unknown, presumed very small. Tipped at corners to cream laid (18th century?) support sheet. Trimmed to the platemark. Fine impression. Sur blanc - no letter-press verso, per Pennington. Literature/catalogue raisonne: PE327II/V. Provenance: Ex-collection Seymour Hacker, Hacker Art Books, NYC.
Comment(s): No auction records located in the past 25 years. From "Scenes from Virgil.". [24589-3-80-NA]