ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus after Hans Holbein, c.1630-1640
etching, a very good and tonally nuanced impression of the third state (of five), with wide margins; with fleur-de-lis watermark; slight crease bottom left
sheet: 38.1 x 25.4 cm; plate: 24.1 x 15.7 cm

PROVENANCE:
with C.G. Boerner where acquired, c. 1962; thence by descent

LITERATURE:
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 4.V; Holl. 5; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1991, 5.V