St. Peter, Penitent (B. 7; Brown 6 I)

Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) St. Peter, Penitent (B. 7; Brown 6 I) etching, 1621, a very good, strong impression of the first state, before the publisher's address, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle under a Crown, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a 2 mm. fillet of blank paper outside the borderline on all sides, some foxing mainly along the sheet edges, a very skilfully repaired tear at the lower sheet edge, a small hole in a blank area at lower right, otherwise in good condition; with The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew (B. 6; Br. 12) by the same hand, a slightly later impression, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a Circle, trimmed on the platemark, generally in good condition S. 320 x 246 mm. (B. 7) S. 323 x 244 mm. (B. 6)