Hendrick GOLTZIUS – Landscape with a cottage (Earth), ca 1597-1600

Hendrick GOLTZIUS
1558 Mühlbrecht + 1617 Haarlem
Woodcut in chiaroscuro

Bialler nr 51 (I/II). New Hollstein nr 309 (Ia/II). Very good impression on blue paper of first state a (of 2), irrégularly trimmed at the borderline, with some breaks and wormholes in the wood but before the edition in green monochrom. Tip of the upper left corner repair, thin areas in the upper corners, small vertical tear reinforced in the left corner at foot and slight stain on the right edge.