Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian-English, 1607 - 1677). Title: "Duel between Dares and Entellus". Medium: Etching. Date: Composed c1654. First edition, printed 1654. Dimensions: Image size: 11 7/8 x 7 13/16 in. (302 x 198 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate "Lombart sculpsit". Edition unknown, presumed very small. Tipped at corners to cream laid (18th century?) support sheet. Trimmed to the platemark. Very good impression. Letter-press verso, as called for by Pennington. Literature/catalogue raisonne: PE309AI/III. Provenance: Ex-collection Seymour Hacker, Hacker Art Books, NYC. Comment(s): As Pennington states, "The print is by Lombart, and only the Latin quotation is by Hollar." No auction records located in the past 25 years. From "Scenes from Virgil.". [24620-3-100] |