Jan de Wael
$500
ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641)
Jan de Wael
etching and engraving
circa 1632
on laid paper, watermark Strasbourg Lily with pendant Letters SI and WR (Mauquoy-Hendrickx 158)
a brilliant proof impression of the second state (of six), before the completion of the arm
printing very sharply and clearly, with much plate tone in the blank text border and along the sheet edges
inscribed 'Hans de Wael.' in brown ink and 'S' in red crayon below
with margins
in very good condition
Plate: 10 x 7 in. (253 x 180 mm.)
Sheet: 10 13⁄16 x 715⁄16 in. (271 x 198 mm.)