Antique Print – BIRDS ON A TREE-OWL-PIGEON-PIE-LISEBETTEN after HOLLAR-GALLE – c. 1654

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Etching / engraving on hand laid (vergé) paper. Watermark: lettering.
Sheet size: 19,1 x 13,6 cm. (7,5 x 5,4 inch). Image size: 18,5 x 13 cm. (7,3 x 5,1 inch).

No. 16 from a series of 17: ‘Diversarum avium species’, published by Cornelis Galle I (1576-1650) and Philips Galle (1591-1650). Provenance: Ex. Collection van der Grinten. And reference to Gerdan and Rudold Weber, 1967

Made by ‘Pieter van Lisebetten’ after ‘W. Hollar and F. Barlow’. P. Lisebetius (or Pieter van Lisebetten, ca. 1630-1678) was a Flemish engraver.

Condition: Good, given age. Trimmed at or near plate mark. Small tear at left middle. Light soiling. Remains of old manuscript writing on rear. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: BIRDS ON A TREE-OWL-PIGEON-PIE

PCO-C7-46