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Simon (de Vries) Frisius, Orpheus Enchanting the Animals
 
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TITLE:  Orpheus Enchanting the Animals
ARTIST:  Simon (de Vries) Frisius
WORK DATE:  1618
MATERIALS:  etching
MARKINGS:  Watermark: Crowned Banded Shield with Bears, similiar to Briquet 1072 (Freibourg, 1600). Impression: Brilliant, dark and with contrast and nuance, yet every detail printing clearly from the foreground through the middle ground to the deepest reaches of the far background. Condition: Excellent overall for a sheet this size; abrasion at the bottom corners unaffecting the image and the top middle edge, a few nicks and very short tears along the sides, unobtrusive original soft drying fold, tip of bottom left corner replaced; small margins on three sides, trimmed unevenly into text area below, but well below the letters.
SIZE:  h: 17.5 x w: 26.5 in / h: 44.4 x w: 67.3 cm
PRICE*:  Contact Gallery for Price
GALLERY:  David Tunick, Inc.  212.570.0090  Send Email
ONLINE CATALOGUE(S):  Inventory: Other works represented online by David Tunick, Inc.
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