Europe - Austria

Type: Copperplate engraving on copper, contemporaneous coloration; Support: Watermarked laid paper; Condition: Excellent impression, contemporaneous coloration, good conservation state with light traces of foxing and browning; The paper shows a light and natural browning of age; Editorial crease, all as in the photo; Shipping: Insured shipment via Bartolini/DPD courier. To use the insurance coverage, any damage to the parcel must be disputed and reported to the courier at the time of delivery. Otherwise, the insurance reimbursement procedure cannot be activated; Provenance: From a private collection; Alexander Colin (or Colyn, 1527–1612) was a famous Flemish sculptor and artist who worked for a long time in Innsbruck for the Imperial Court of the Habsburgs. It was he who produced the life drawing of the panorama of the city and the Ambras Castle. Joris Hoefnagel (also known by the Latinized signature Georgius Houfnaglius; 1542 – 1600) was an extraordinary artist of the Flemish Renaissance, renowned for his versatility and for having worked in a crucial transitional period between medieval illumination and the birth of modern scientific still lifes.

Estimate:£2.53

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