Actaeon Surprising Diana 1600
Johann Theodor de Bry
* 1561 in Liége † 1623 in Frankfurt am Main
Size of sheet: 15.2 x 15.3 cm.
Engraving after Joseph Heintz. Watermark: Crosier, entwined.
Literature: Wurzbach 10;
Hollstein 10;
Le Blanc 18.
Provenance: Antonio Cesare de Poggi, painter and printmaker active in London and Paris until 1836 (Lugt 617), his sale 17-19 July 1873, Sotheby’s London.
Probably collection Zeidler, Nuernberg (Beehive); (Lugt 2732).
Heinrich Stiebel, (born 1851, Frankfurt a. M.). (Lugt 1357), his sale: Versteigerung der Graphiken und Zeichnungen Frankfurter Künstler, Beham etc. der Sammlung bei Prestel, 10-16 November 1920, Frankfurt am Main.
Fine impression with plate tone and with large margins. Very rare print of impressive provenance.
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