Cornelis GALLE the Younger: Exitus Acta probat [Allegory on Death]
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Engraving, 132 x 200 mm (sheet). Hollstein undescribed.
This print does not seem to correspond to Hollstein 147 ("Allegory on Death, after Nic. van der Horst"), which refers to the description in Le Blanc 39: “Le Temps tirant un rideau et montrant un miroir dans lequel on voit la Mort : Nic. van der Horst. P. en Haut.” [Time drawing a curtain and showing a mirror in which one sees Death: Nic. van der Horst. Vertically]
Very fine impression printed on watermarked laid paper (watermark: Foolscap with Five-Pointed Collar). One small tear of 18 mm summarily repaired on the lower edge and one of 9 mm on the right edge. A light stain at the bottom.
Rare.