Drunken Silenus

Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) Drunken Silenus etching with engraving, 1628, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle under Coronet (similar to Haewood 1629), a very good impression of the second state (of three), before the addition of the publisher's address, trimmed to or just inside the platemark, but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the subject, with a vertical central fold, a repaired tear at the lower right corner, some minor staining, otherwise in good condition S. 274 x 351 mm.