Cornelis GALLE the Younger: Vanitas
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Engraving, 279 x 212 mm.
Very fine impression printed on watermarked laid paper (watermark: lion); trimmed on the borderline on the right and bottom, about 10 mm inside the subject at the top and 1 mm inside on the left. Two 40 mm repaired tears bottom, a long printing crease not visible on the front of the sheet, reinforced on the back.
Extremely rare.
This composition is based on the Vanity engraved by Jean Morin after Philippe de Champaigne, inverting it and tightening it, the format no longer being horizontal but vertical.