Quacksalver

Date: 1648
Medium: Copperplate and Etching
Dimensions: Copperplate: 150 x 124 mm.   5 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
                     Etching: 148 x 122 mm.   5 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Reference: Bartsch 43; Dutuit 43, undescribed state between first and second states of three; Godefroy 43, second state of nine (“extremely rare”); Hollstein, third state of ten
Watermark: Crowned coat of arms.

Provenance:           Etching:

                              Graf. M. von Fries (Lugt 2903) with the signature of

                              F. Rechberger (Lugt 2133);

                              J. Sheepshanks, London (Lugt 2333);

                              British Museum, London (Lugt 300 and 305);

                              E. Brupbacher-Bourgeouis, Bern (not in Lugt);

                              Sotheby’s New York (15 February 1980, lot 997);

                              C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, Neue Lagerliste 82, no. 49;

                              Dr. S.W. Pelletier, Athens, GA, USA  (Lugt 4193);

                              Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler; 2007 to

                              Private collection, Europe

                              Copperplate:

                              Guild of Saint Luke, Haarlem posthumous sale (3 July 1685);

                              Dirck van der Stoel;

                              De oprechte Haerlemsche Courant, Haarlem (24 May 1694);

                              Bernard Picart, Amsterdam;

                              Pieter de Haan, Amsterdam;

                              Pierre-François Basan, Paris;

                              By descent to Henry-Louis Basan, Paris;

                              Auguste Jean, Paris;

                              Auguste Bernard, Paris;

                              Alvin-Beaumont, Paris; 1938 to

                              Private collection, Paris; 1941 to

                              E.H. Kok;

                              Christie’s Amsterdam (13 November 1995, lot 40 );

                              Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler; 2007 to

                              Private collection, Europe

Impression: Very fine.
Condition: Excellent, with 3 mm. margins.