Daniel ALDENBURGH (German school engrave...
Daniel ALDENBURGH (German school engraver active in Cologne at the beginning of the seventeenth century) "The Holy Family under a cherry tree" Original engraving in signed plate in the lower right corner "Daniel aldenborg sculp. Aetatis suae 17 ", counterpart copy of a subject by Hendrick Goltzius dated 1589. Beautiful copy printed on a portion of thin laid paper bearing the watermark" Letters GL in a double circle surmounted by a cross "not found in the consulted repertoires, trimmed just at the imprint of copper, with a central horizontal printing fold, some defects visible mainly on the reverse, overall in good general condition. Bibliography: Bartsch Goltzius 24 TIB Goltzius 024 C2 Thieme - Becker "Allgemeines Lexicon der bildenden Kunstler" Leipzig, sdvol.1 1 page 243. Measurements in mm: 257 x 189